Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - tether
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Tether
tether
~1 n 1 a rope or chain that an animal is tied to so that it can only move around within a limited area 2 be at the end of your tether to be so worried, tired etc, that you feel you can no longer deal with a difficult or upsetting situation (Morel was at the end of his tether, too exasperated to answer.) ~2 v to tie an animal to a post so that it can only move around within a limited area
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1.
(tethers, tethering, tethered) 1. If you say that you are at the end of your tether, you mean that you are so worried, tired, and unhappy because of your problems that you feel you cannot cope. She was jealous, humiliated, and emotionally at the end of her tether... PHRASE: tether inflects, usu at PHR, v PHR 2. A tether is a rope or chain which is used to tie an animal to a post or fence so that it can only move around within a small area. N-COUNT 3. If you tether an animal or object to something, you attach it there with a rope or chain so that it cannot move very far. The officer dismounted, tethering his horse to a tree. VERB: V n to n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English tethir, teder, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse tjothr ~; akin to Old High German zeotar pole of a wagon Date: 14th century 1. something (as a rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so that it can range only within a set radius 2. the limit of one's strength or resources at the end of my ~ II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 15th century to fasten or restrain by or as if by a ~ felt ~ed to her desk until the work was done ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
n. & v. --n. 1 a rope etc. by which an animal is tied to confine it to the spot. 2 the extent of one's knowledge, authority, etc.; scope, limit. --v.tr. tie (an animal) with a tether. Phrases and idioms at the end of one's tether having reached the limit of one's patience, resources, abilities, etc. Etymology: ME f. ON tj{oacute}thr f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1) страховочный фал; привязь привязывать 2) предел, граница устанавливать предел, ограничивать - EVA tether ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. привязать; путы (для лошади) 2. оковы; узы 3. граница, предел to be at the end of one's tether, to come to the end of one's tether —- исчерпать все возможности; дойти до предела he was beyond his tether —- он давно исчерпал все свои возможности 4. косм. фал 5. привязывать (пасущееся животное) 6. ограничивать, сковывать, связывать tethered to the law —- связанный (в своих действиях) законом ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1376, probably from O.N. tjoрr "tether," from P.Gmc. *teudran. The verb is 1470, from the noun. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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