tether
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Is tether a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of tether?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (figurative) The limit of one's abilities, resources, patience, etc.Examples: "Since his hours have increased, I feel that he is at the end of his tether."figuratively
2. (figurative) An attachment to a place, time, entity or person.Examples: "Despite moving, he maintained a strong tether to his culture back home."; "Deeper than speech our love, stronger than life our tether, / But we do not fall on the neck nor kiss when we come together."; "what tethers us to gravity and light / has most to do with distance and the shapes / we find in water"figuratively
3. (nautical, sailing) A strong rope or line that connects a sailor's safety harness to the boat's jackstay.Synonyms: hobble
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To restrict with, or as if with, a tether.Examples: "The cowboy tethered his horse outside the saloon."transitive
2. (transitive) To connect to something else.Examples: "The younger Targaryen feels as though she’s lost any intimacy that tethered her to compassion and humanity, and so all that remains is the imperious need to rule that has driven her all these years, now bereft of the warmth that previously tempered her."transitive
3. (transitive) To connect to something else.Internettransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary