Tether

Quick meaning: Tether is a noun meaning A rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement.

Meaning

A rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) The limit of one's abilities, resources, patience, etc.
2. (figurative) An attachment to a place, time, entity or person.
3. (nautical, sailing) A strong rope or line that connects a sailor's safety harness to the boat's jackstay.
4. (transitive) To restrict with, or as if with, a tether.
5. (transitive) To connect to something else.
6. Alternative form of tethera.

Example Sentences

We suffer the weather / We bind and we tether / This nation together

Despite moving, he maintained a strong tether to his culture back home.

Since his hours have increased, I feel that he is at the end of his tether.

what tethers us to gravity and light / has most to do with distance and the shapes / we find in water

Word Forms

• tethers
• tethering
• tethered

Synonyms for tether

Depending on context, synonyms include hobble, lead, leash.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include leash, lead, fasten, fastening, bind, attach.

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