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tether

[teth-er]

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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.

the utmost length to which one can go in action; the utmost extent or limit of ability or resources.

verb (used with object)

to fasten or confine with or as if with a tether.

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Idiom

at the end of one's tether, at the end of one's resources, patience, or strength.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English (noun); compare Old Norse tjōthr, Dutch tuier

Related forms

un·teth·ered, adjective

un·teth·er·ing, adjective

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Example Sentences

Russell also said that even if the tether does break, the velocity of the wheel would be reduced, whatever direction it might fly.

At the end of your tether or not, such comments are wrong.

The only way to control flights of fantasy in macro is to tether macro to micro.

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Russell also said that even if the tether does break, the velocity of the wheel would be reduced, whatever direction it might fly.

At the end of your tether or not, such comments are wrong.

The only way to control flights of fantasy in macro is to tether macro to micro.

The engineers decided they had to replace the entire tether.

Knowing how far the tether of your expertise extends is part of being a responsible scientist.

The geekiest users can tether their phone with little more than a free app and some complex coding know-how.

Adhesive squares applied to the tips of the skis and a tether between them keep the child's skis in a snowplow position.

But there are a lot of operations where you run out of tether.

Depending on how it's processed, the plastic can be used to wrap a sandwich or tether an astronaut during a walk in deep space.

The safety administration will also require that auto makers equip new cars with anchor points for the top tether straps.

We were having tether problems, because of the severe whipping action of the seas.

Ranged about the stage alone or in small groups, they seem to tether that open space as if it were the billowing folds of a tent.

Could use another security flap over the organizer pocket, and a key tether.

Jason works on a long tether tied to a surface ship.

Almost all the tether is still connected to the satellite.

The other option is to tether using a mobile, but that can get expensive.

For extra safety, stand on the tether that should be attached to the dogs collar without applying pressure.

Where to find more information about spindizzies and tether car racing.

Tether insisted that the agency continued to support important basic research in computer science and other disciplines.

Also, sometimes visual voicemail disappears, and you'll lose the ability to tether your data connection.

He's attached to the craft by both umbilical and tether lines.

The remaining astronauts strung out on the long tether could only wonder at a universe full of eerie contrasts.

Companies know they can never fully cut the tether so long as workers need docking and recharging stations.

They said she had loosened her tether to the family.

Before you set up your shot, try planting a stick in the ground and tether the flora to it for stability.

All the tether rover needs to do is reel it back in when it's done.

Connected by a copper tether to some wall, today's information networks chain our bodies even as they liberate our minds.

His tether was in plain sight, neither evidently taut nor slack.

Then if the shark is large enough, we'll attach a satellite tag via a tether below the dorsal fin in the shark's shoulder.

After a few steps, the tether pulls taut, and the whole band runs in place.

That's why the people who work in computer factories often tether themselves to a safe conductor, such.

Paino was not wearing a required harness, which is used to tether workers to buildings and prevent long falls.

Thin slices of raw asparagus gave the dish some crunch and an even firmer tether to the season.

He eats tater tots for lunch in the school cafeteria, plays tether ball and dances alone in his bedroom after school.

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World English Dictionary

tether (ˈtɛðə)

—n
1.	a restricting rope, chain, etc, by which an animal is tied to a particular spot
2.	the range of one's endurance, etc
3.	at the end of one's tether distressed or exasperated to the limit of one's endurance

—vb
4.	(tr) to tie or limit with or as if with a tether

[C14: from Old Norse tjothr; related to Middle Dutch tūder tether, Old High German zeotar pole of a wagon]

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Word Origin & History

tether

late 14c., "rope for fastening an animal," probably from O.N. tjoðr "tether," from P.Gmc. *teudran (cf. Dan. tøir, Swed. tjuder, O.Fris. tiader, M.Du. tuder, Du. tuier "line, rope," O.H.G. zeotar "pole of a cart"), from PIE base *deu- "to fasten" + instrumentive suffix *-tro-. Figurative sense

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of "measure of one's limitations" is attested from 1570s. The verb is first recorded late 15c., from the noun.

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Idioms & Phrases

tether

see end of one's rope (tether).