tether

[Teth·er]

Both a verb and a noun, tether keeps things tied together, or is the tie itself. Remember, when you tether that chair to those balloons, use a strong tether. You don't want to drop from the sky because you tied them together using a cheap piece of rope.

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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.

Noun
restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal

Verb
tie with a tether; "tether horses"


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.

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


Tether

Teth"er , n. [Formerly tedder, OE. tedir; akin to LG. tider, tier, Icel. tj'd3r, Dan. t'94ir. 'fb64.] 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.

Tether

Teth"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tethered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tethering.] To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for feeding within certain limits.
And by a slender cord was tethered to a stone.

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.

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

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Usage Examples

Men can absent themselves from real life for their art more easily. Women are anchored into the quotidian business of getting food on the table, making sure everybody's socks match, the soccer gear is ready. I admire idealists, but they're usually enabled by someone who holds the tether on their balloon, who pays the bills and sweeps up after them.

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