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tethered

[teth-erd]

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.



verb

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

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • untethered adjective
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The girl was a year delayed because she had spent most of her short life in a hospital in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, tethered to feeding tubes 24 hours a day.

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Pulling into the parking lot of PowerPlay Pickleball, I got to see the Goodyear Blimp tethered and pivoting in the wind across the street.

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"And more recently, we heard of a child being tethered to a fence," he continued.

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Some players welcome the sight of the social media team holding a tiny microphone tethered to their phones.

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Her health journey has involved swimming, lifting weights and many runs with Ollie tethered to her as her sighted guide.

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