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tether
[ teth-er ]
noun
- a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement.
- the utmost length to which one can go in action; the utmost extent or limit of ability or resources.
verb (used with object)
- to fasten or confine with or as if with a tether.
- Digital Technology. to use (an electronic device, usually a smartphone or tablet) to enable a wireless internet connection on another nearby device, often a laptop:
There's no Wi-Fi, so I'll have to tether my phone to my laptop.
verb (used without object)
- Digital Technology. to use an electronic device to enable a wireless internet connection on another device.
tether
/ ˈɛðə /
noun
- a restricting rope, chain, etc, by which an animal is tied to a particular spot
- the range of one's endurance, etc
- at the end of one's tetherdistressed or exasperated to the limit of one's endurance
verb
- tr to tie or limit with or as if with a tether
Other 51Թ Forms
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tether1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tether1
Idioms and Phrases
- at the end of one's tether, at the end of one's resources, patience, or strength.
More idioms and phrases containing tether
see end of one's rope (tether) .Example Sentences
Practically overnight, I had to adjust to how my new glasses slid down my nose and the way the elastics tethered to my braces snapped like rubber bands in a junk drawer.
And unlike its conservative counterpart, it is too often tethered to party elites, hesitant to challenge institutional Democratic power, and still operating as if gatekeepers hold the same influence they did 30 years ago.
The athletes are joined by a tether - a short strap with a loop on both ends for each of them to hold on to.
We both agreed we no longer wanted to be tethered to America.
Trump is tethered to extremes, his identity not solid but fluid, shifting to accommodate the desires of those who behold him.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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