tether
IPA: tˈɛðɝ
noun
- A rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement.
- (nautical, sailing) A strong rope or line that connects a sailor's safety harness to the boat's jackstay.
- (by extension) The limit of one's abilities, resources etc.
verb
- (transitive) To restrict with, or as if, with a tether.
- (transitive) To connect to something else.
- (Internet, transitive) To connect (a smartphone) to a personal computer in order to give the phone access to the computer's Internet connection.
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Examples of "tether" in Sentences
- The butler has reached the end of his tether.
- Because of the tether, the motion is restricted.
- He told the jury he was at the end of his tether.
- I'm pretty much at the end of the tether with the NLP article.
- A line tethers the buoy to the object when the latch is released.
- The entire elastic cord acts as a tether to return the ball to the user.
- The athlete then runs to the end of the tether and is forcefully stopped.
- It seems like the counterweight is the easiest way to support the tether.
- Tethers also allowed for the stringing of telegraph wires back to the ground.
- The effect on the space end of the tether will be to pull it down and backward.
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