Lexic.us

Definition of Tether

1. Verb. Tie with a tether. "Tether horses"

2. Noun. Restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal.

Definition of Tether

1. n. A long rope or chain by which an animal is fastened, as to a stake, so that it can range or feed only within certain limits.

2. v. t. To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for feeding within certain limits.

Definition of Tether

1. Noun. a rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement ¹

2. Noun. (context: by extension) the limit of one's abilities, resources etc ¹

3. Noun. (dialect) The cardinal number three in an old counting system used in Teesdale and Swaledale. (Variant of tethera) ¹

4. Verb. to restrict something with a tether ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tether

1. to fasten to a fixed object with a rope [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tether

tetched in the haid tetched in the head tetchier tetchiest tetchily tetchiness tetchinesses tetchy tete tete-a-tete

tete a tete tetel tetels tetes teth tether (current term) tethera tethera-a-bumfit tetherable tetherball

tethered tethered aerostat tethered cord syndrome tetherin tethering tetherins tetherless tetherless computing

Literary usage of Tether

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of ChangeTechnology (1994)
"... Three Multiple tether Systems (Trapezes) Used for Open-Ocean Diving Bottom Weight Running Counterweight Knot in Line Source: Hamner (1975) Rubber Spacer ..."

2. Essays and Essay-writing: Based on Atlantic Monthly Models by William Maddux Tanner (1918)
"Surely it is very odd that every goat in sight is straining at its tether! For the grass is fresh and toothsome, and none is fastened near a bare spot ..."

3. Essays and Essay-writing by William Maddux Tanner (1917)
"STRAINING AT THE tether ON a grass-grown hillside, wearing the softest green ... Surely it is very odd that every goat in sight is straining at its tether! ..."

4. Essays and Essay-writing: Based on Atlantic Monthly Models by William Maddux Tanner (1917)
"Surely it is very odd that every goat in sight is straining at its tether! For the grass is fresh and toothsome, and none is fastened near a bare spot; ..."

5. Mathematical Questions and Solutions by W. J. C. Miller (1878)
"Solution by S. TEBAY, BA First, let the radius of the circle = 1. r the length of the tether, and 20 ( = 2o°) the angle which the arc subtends at the centre ..."

6. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft (1909)
"tether BALL This is one of the most delightful and vigorous games, ... A tether-ball outfit, consisting of pole, ball, cord, and marking ropes, with staples ..."

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