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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024teth•er /ˈtɛðɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a rope, etc., to which an animal is fastened so as to limit its range of movement.
v. [~ + object] - to fasten or confine with or as if with a tether.
Idioms- Idioms at the end of one's tether, at the end of one's resources, patience, or strength:She's at the end of her tether and explodes with anger every hour.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024teth•er (teᵺ′ər),USA pronunciation n. - a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement.
- the utmost length to which one can go in action;
the utmost extent or limit of ability or resources. - at the end of one's tether, at the end of one's resources, patience, or strength.
v.t. - to fasten or confine with or as if with a tether.
- 1350–1400; Middle English (noun, nominal); compare Old Norse tjōthr, Dutch tuier
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tether /ˈtɛðə/ n - a restricting rope, chain, etc, by which an animal is tied to a particular spot
- the range of one's endurance, etc
- at the end of one's tether ⇒ distressed or exasperated to the limit of one's endurance
vb - (transitive) to tie or limit with or as if with a tether
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old Norse tjothr; related to Middle Dutch tūder tether, Old High German zeotar pole of a wagon |