Tethered

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tether \Teth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tethered}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Tethering}.]
     To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for
     feeding within certain limits.
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           And by a slender cord was tethered to a stone.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tethered
       adj : confined or restricted with or as if with a rope or chain

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "tethered":
     aground, anchored, bound, caught, chained, fast, fastened,
     fettered, fixed, grounded, hampered, handcuffed, held,
     high and dry, impacted, in bonds, in chains, in irons,
     inextricable, ironbound, jammed, manacled, moored, packed,
     shackled, stranded, strapped, stuck, stuck fast, tied, tied down,
     tied up, trammeled, transfixed, wedged