tether
noun
a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement.
tethers
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pluralof tether.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof tether (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
tethernouna rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement.
Example Sentences
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But the way it tethers its bruised healers to the human condition’s laws of gravity is potent medicine for coping.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026
“Sometimes I have to try really hard to find at least one thing that tethers a character to me,” Richardson says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026
While these tethers naturally want to curl up on themselves, they are held straight by a segment of DNA that is tailored to bind with the target microRNA being tested for.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024
To support them, he anchors parallel rows of eight- or 10-foot canes into the ground, about eight inches apart within each row, and then tethers the rows together with a bamboo crossbar near the top.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
Slowly, little by little, souls were drifting away from the island, their own tethers snapped.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
