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| teth·er [ téər ] |
noun (plural teth·ers) |
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rope attached to animal: a rope or chain attached to an animal and attached to something at the other end, restricting the animal's movement
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transitive verb (past and past participle teth·ered, present participle teth·er·ing, 3rd person present singular teth·ers) |
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tie animal with tether: to tie something, especially an animal, with a rope or chain in order to restrict its movement
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| [14th century. < Old Norse tjóðr< Germanic, "fasten"] |
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at the end of your tether having reached the limit of your patience, strength, or endurance
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