tethered

American  

[teth-erd] / ˈtɛð ərd /

adjective

1. fastened or confined with or as if with a rope, chain, or the like to limit the range of movement.

   On this field trip, students will have the opportunity to take a ride in a tethered hot-air balloon.

   Too many lawmakers are partisan, inept, or too lightly tethered to reality.

2. Digital Technology. (of an electronic device) used to enable a wireless internet connection on another nearby device, often a laptop.

   You can browse the web more securely using a tethered phone, because your information is being sent directly through the phone rather than over a public wireless hotspot.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of tether.

Other Word Forms

• untethered adjective

Etymology

Origin of tethered

tether ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Although the actor felt tethered to the character while on set, she could easily dissociate at the end of the day.

From Los Angeles Times

Milk, our goat, stood tethered to a tree, chewing leaves off a shrub.

From Literature

The fates of farmers, investment managers, banks and governments are indirectly tethered to the quality of the assets held as margin by brokerage and clearing firms.

From Barron's

Today, Aerobavovna is supplying tethered balloons to the Ukrainian military, which uses them near the front lines to relay radio signals and detect enemy signals.

From The Wall Street Journal

The U.S. market is also tethered to global bond yields, including Japanese debt.

From Barron's

Related Words

• barred
• blocked
• closed
• confined
• controlled
• defined
• deprived
• prescribed
• reduced
• restrained
• secured
• shortened