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teth·er  audio  (tr) KEY 

NOUN:
    1. A rope, chain, or similar restraint for holding an animal in place, allowing a short radius in which it can move about.
    2. A similar ropelike restraint used as a safety measure, especially for young children and astronauts.
  2. A rope, chain, or similar restraint for holding one, especially an animal, in place, allowing a short radius in which one can move about.
  3. The extent or limit of one's resources, abilities, or endurance: drought-stricken farmers at the end of their tether.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
teth·ered, teth·er·ing, teth·ers
To fasten or restrict with or as if with a tether.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English tedir, tethir, from Old Norse tjdhr


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