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Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="tether" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/tether" title="tether – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="tether" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/tether" title="tether – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="tether" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/tether" title="tether – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="tether" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/tether" title="tether – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="tether" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/tether" title="tether – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="tether" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/tether" title="tether – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="tether" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/tether" title="tether – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="tether" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/tether" title="tether – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="tether" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/tether" title="tether – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="tether" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/tether" title="tether – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="tether" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/tether" title="tether – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="tether" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/tether" title="tether – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="tether" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/tether" title="tether 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/tether" title="tether – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="tether" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/tether" title="tether – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="tether" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/tether" title="tether – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="tether" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> 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class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Middle_English">tether</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/teder#Middle_English" title="teder">teder</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" class="extiw" title="w:Old English">Old English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Old_English/teoder&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Old English/teoder (page does not exist)">*tēoder</a></i> and/or <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse" class="extiw" title="w:Old Norse">Old Norse</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="non"><a href="/w/index.php?title=tj%C3%B3%C3%B0r&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tjóðr (page does not exist)">tjóðr</a></i> ( > Danish <i class="Latn mention" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/t%C3%B8jr#Danish" title="tøjr">tøjr</a></i>, Swedish <i class="Latn mention" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/tjuder#Swedish" title="tjuder">tjuder</a></i>); both from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/teudr%C4%85" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/teudrą">*teudrą</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">rope; cord; shaft</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dewtro-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dewtro- (page does not exist)">*dewtro-</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dew-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dew- (page does not exist)">*dew-</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to tie</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, or from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dewk-" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dewk-">*dewk-</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to pull</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. Cognate with North German <i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/T%C3%BCder#German" title="Tüder">Tüder</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">tether for binding the cattle</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, Swedish <i class="Latn mention" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/tjuder#Swedish" title="tjuder">tjuder</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">tether for binding cattle</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=tether&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/tedder#English" title="tedder">tedder</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">dialectal</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=tether&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Received Pronunciation">Received Pronunciation</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈtɛðə/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈtɛðər/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="En-us-tether.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/En-us-tether.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e6/En-us-tether.ogg/En-us-tether.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:En-us-tether.ogg" title="File:En-us-tether.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/%C9%9B%C3%B0%C9%99(%C9%B9)" title="Rhymes:English/ɛðə(ɹ)"><span class="IPA">-ɛðə(ɹ)</span></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=tether&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">tether</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/tethers#English" title="tethers">tethers</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>A <a href="/wiki/rope" title="rope">rope</a>, <a href="/wiki/cable" title="cable">cable</a> etc. that <a href="/wiki/hold" title="hold">holds</a> something in <a href="/wiki/place" title="place">place</a> whilst allowing some <a href="/wiki/movement" title="movement">movement</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2018</b></span>, John Kander, Lin-Manuel Miranda, “Cheering For Me Now”, in <cite>Hamilton</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hVboj4NgZc">[1]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">We suffer the weather / We bind and we <b>tether</b> / This nation together</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">by extension</span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> The <a href="/wiki/limit" title="limit">limit</a> of one's <a href="/wiki/abilities" title="abilities">abilities</a>, <a href="/wiki/resources" title="resources">resources</a>, <a href="/wiki/patience" title="patience">patience</a>, etc. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">Since his hours have increased, I feel that he is at the end of his <b>tether</b>.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">by extension</span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> An <a href="/wiki/attachment" title="attachment">attachment</a> to a place, time, entity or person. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">Despite moving, he maintained a strong <b>tether</b> to his culture back home.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1909</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Rudyard_Kipling" class="extiw" title="w:en:Rudyard Kipling">Rudyard Kipling</a>, <cite>A Song of the English</cite>‎<sup><a class="external autonumber" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Song_of_the_English_(1909)">[2]</a></sup>, London: Hodder & Stoughton, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/904346260">→OCLC</a></small>, <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Song_of_the_English_(1909)/England%27s_Answer">England's Answer</a>, page <span class="None" lang="und">227</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Deeper than speech our love, stronger than life our <b>tether</b>, / But we do not fall on the neck nor kiss when we come together.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2019</b> August 6, Erik Koreen, “Ask Isaac: Minor hockey can be heaven, other people can be hell”, in <cite>New York Times</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1117816/2019/08/06/ask-isaac-minor-hockey-can-be-heaven-other-people-can-be-hell/">[3]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The <b>tether</b> to our national identity can never feel stronger than it does over a cup of bad arena coffee in the dead of winter.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2021</b> June 28, Caitlin Gibson, “What the ‘return to normal’ means for toddlers who no longer remember ‘normal’”, in <cite>Washington Post</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.ph/uoY2S">[4]</a></sup>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/pandemic-affecting-toddlers/2021/06/25/81eed6be-d4f6-11eb-9f29-e9e6c9e843c6_story.html">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2021-07-05">2021-07-05</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">But for toddlers who have now lived nearly 16 months in varying degrees of social isolation, the <b>tether</b> to before has long faded, and they now face after without clear recollections of the world to which they are returning.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/nautical" title="nautical">nautical</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/sailing#Noun" title="sailing">sailing</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A strong rope or line that connects a sailor's safety harness to the boat's <a href="/wiki/jackstay" title="jackstay">jackstay</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=tether&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">strap</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/hobble#English" title="hobble">hobble</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=tether&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/at_the_end_of_one%E2%80%99s_tether#English" class="mw-redirect" title="at the end of one’s tether">at the end of one’s tether</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/tetherless#English" title="tetherless">tetherless</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=tether&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-rope,_cable_etc._that_holds_something_in_place_whilst_allowing_some_movement"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Assamese: <span class="Beng as-Beng" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2#Assamese" title="এৰাল">এৰাল</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="tr Latn">eral</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Beng as-Beng" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%98%E0%A6%BE#Assamese" title="পঘা">পঘা</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="tr Latn">pogha</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Azerbaijani: <span class="Latn" lang="az"><a href="/w/index.php?title=m%C9%99r%C9%99z&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="mərəz (page does not exist)">mərəz</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="az"><a href="/wiki/qay%C4%B1%C5%9F#Azerbaijani" title="qayış">qayış</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://az.wiktionary.org/wiki/qay%C4%B1%C5%9F" class="extiw" title="az:qayış">(az)</a></span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/amarra#Catalan" title="amarra">amarra</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/amarra" class="extiw" title="ca:amarra">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%BAvaz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="úvaz (page does not exist)">úvaz</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/provaz#Czech" title="provaz">provaz</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/provaz" class="extiw" title="cs:provaz">(cs)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/%C5%99et%C4%9Bz#Czech" title="řetěz">řetěz</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%99et%C4%9Bz" class="extiw" title="cs:řetěz">(cs)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/w/index.php?title=fort%C3%B8jring&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="fortøjring (page does not exist)">fortøjring</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/t%C3%B8jr#Danish" title="tøjr">tøjr</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/lijn#Dutch" title="lijn">lijn</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/lijn" class="extiw" title="nl:lijn">(nl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/kabel#Dutch" title="kabel">kabel</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/kabel" class="extiw" title="nl:kabel">(nl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/snoer#Dutch" title="snoer">snoer</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/snoer" class="extiw" title="nl:snoer">(nl)</a></span>,</li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/lieka#Finnish" title="lieka">lieka</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/lieka" class="extiw" title="fi:lieka">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/longe#French" title="longe">longe</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/longe" class="extiw" title="fr:longe">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/amarre#Galician" title="amarre">amarre</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Strick#German" title="Strick">Strick</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Strick" class="extiw" title="de:Strick">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Haltegurt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Haltegurt (page does not exist)">Haltegurt</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spannseil&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spannseil (page does not exist)">Spannseil</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Leine#German" title="Leine">Leine</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Leine" class="extiw" title="de:Leine">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Schnur#German" title="Schnur">Schnur</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Schnur" class="extiw" title="de:Schnur">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Schn%C3%BCrung&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Schnürung (page does not exist)">Schnürung</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Halteseil&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Halteseil (page does not exist)">Halteseil</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Halteseil" class="extiw" title="de:Halteseil">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Ingrian: <span class="Latn" lang="izh"><a href="/wiki/kytyt#Ingrian" title="kytyt">kytyt</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">for cattle</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/teaghr%C3%A1n#Irish" title="teaghrán">teaghrán</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/cavezza#Italian" title="cavezza">cavezza</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/guinzaglio#Italian" title="guinzaglio">guinzaglio</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/guinzaglio" class="extiw" title="it:guinzaglio">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/briglia#Italian" title="briglia">briglia</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/briglia" class="extiw" title="it:briglia">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/redine#Italian" title="redine">redine</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/redine" class="extiw" title="it:redine">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="trreq" data-lang="mk"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Malay: <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/w/index.php?title=tali_tambat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tali tambat (page does not exist)">tali tambat</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/w/index.php?title=rantai_tambat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="rantai tambat (page does not exist)">rantai tambat</a></span></li> <li>Norwegian: <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="/wiki/tjor#Norwegian" title="tjor">tjor</a></span></li> <li>Ottoman Turkish: <span class="Arab ota-Arab" lang="ota"><a href="/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%83#Ottoman_Turkish" title="كوستك">كوستك</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ota-Latn" class="tr Latn">köstek</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/p%C4%99to#Polish" title="pęto">pęto</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/p%C4%99to" class="extiw" title="pl:pęto">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/p%C4%99ta#Polish" title="pęta">pęta</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/p%C4%99ta" class="extiw" title="pl:pęta">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr> <abbr title="plural number">pl</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/uwi%C4%99%C5%BA#Polish" title="uwięź">uwięź</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/postronek#Polish" title="postronek">postronek</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/postronek" class="extiw" title="pl:postronek">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/amarra#Portuguese" title="amarra">amarra</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/amarra" class="extiw" title="pt:amarra">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/peia#Portuguese" title="peia">peia</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/peia" class="extiw" title="pt:peia">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8C#Russian" title="привязь">при́вязь</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:привязь">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">prívjazʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%91%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="страховочная верёвка (page does not exist)">страхо́вочная верёвка</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">straxóvočnaja verjóvka</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/privez#Serbo-Croatian" title="privez">privez</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/privez" class="extiw" title="sh:privez">(sh)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=oputa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="oputa (page does not exist)">oputa</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/oputa" class="extiw" title="sh:oputa">(sh)</a></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/soga#Spanish" title="soga">soga</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/soga" class="extiw" title="es:soga">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/dogal#Spanish" title="dogal">dogal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/dogal" class="extiw" title="es:dogal">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/ronzal#Spanish" title="ronzal">ronzal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/ronzal" class="extiw" title="es:ronzal">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/atadura#Spanish" title="atadura">atadura</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/atadura" class="extiw" title="es:atadura">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/w/index.php?title=atadijo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="atadijo (page does not exist)">atadijo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/atadijo" class="extiw" title="es:atadijo">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/w/index.php?title=atadero&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="atadero (page does not exist)">atadero</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/cuerda#Spanish" title="cuerda">cuerda</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/cuerda" class="extiw" title="es:cuerda">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/tjuder#Swedish" title="tjuder">tjuder</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/tjuder" class="extiw" title="sv:tjuder">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ankartross&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ankartross (page does not exist)">ankartross</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/ankartross" class="extiw" title="sv:ankartross">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/w/index.php?title=f%C3%B6rankringslina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="förankringslina (page does not exist)">förankringslina</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/ankark%C3%A4tting#Swedish" title="ankarkätting">ankarkätting</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/ankark%C3%A4tting" class="extiw" title="sv:ankarkätting">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Tagalog: <span class="Latn" lang="tl"><a href="/wiki/soga#Tagalog" title="soga">soga</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tl.wiktionary.org/wiki/soga" class="extiw" title="tl:soga">(tl)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-nautical:_line_that_connects_safety_harness_to_jackstay"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">nautical: line that connects safety harness to jackstay</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="nautical: line that connects safety harness to jackstay"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/turvak%C3%B6ysi#Finnish" title="turvaköysi">turvaköysi</a></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/w/index.php?title=f%C3%A5nglina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="fånglina (page does not exist)">fånglina</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-limit_of_one&#039;s_abilities,_resources_etc"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">limit of one's abilities, resources etc</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="limit of one's abilities, resources etc"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/limiet#Dutch" title="limiet">limiet</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/limiet" class="extiw" title="nl:limiet">(nl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/grens#Dutch" title="grens">grens</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/grens" class="extiw" title="nl:grens">(nl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/einde#Dutch" title="einde">einde</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/einde" class="extiw" title="nl:einde">(nl)</a></span>,</li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/mahdollisuus#Finnish" title="mahdollisuus">mahdollisuuksien</a> <a href="/wiki/raja#Finnish" title="raja">raja</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Limit#German" title="Limit">Limit</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Limit" class="extiw" title="de:Limit">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Grenze#German" title="Grenze">Grenze</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Grenze" class="extiw" title="de:Grenze">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Ende#German" title="Ende">Ende</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ende" class="extiw" title="de:Ende">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/portata#Italian" title="portata">portata</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/portata" class="extiw" title="it:portata">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/campo#Italian" title="campo">campo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/campo" class="extiw" title="it:campo">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Malay: <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/w/index.php?title=buntu_fikiran&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="buntu fikiran (page does not exist)">buntu fikiran</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/w/index.php?title=suntuk_fikiran&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="suntuk fikiran (page does not exist)">suntuk fikiran</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB#Russian" title="предел">преде́л</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB" class="extiw" title="ru:предел">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">predél</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0#Russian" title="граница">грани́ца</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:граница">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">graníca</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=sputanost&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="sputanost (page does not exist)">sputanost</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/sputanost" class="extiw" title="sh:sputanost">(sh)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="checktrans"> <dl><dd><i>The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Entry_layout#Translations" title="Wiktionary:Entry layout">Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations</a>.</i></dd></dl> </div> <div class="NavFrame"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">Translations to be checked</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="Translations to be checked"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>German: <span class="ttbc"><sup class="ttbc">(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>)</sup> <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Leine#German" title="Leine">Leine</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Leine" class="extiw" title="de:Leine">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></span>, <span class="ttbc"><sup class="ttbc">(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>)</sup> <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Haltegurt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Haltegurt (page does not exist)">Haltegurt</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="ttbc"><sup class="ttbc">(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>)</sup> <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/guinzaglio#Italian" title="guinzaglio">guinzaglio</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/guinzaglio" class="extiw" title="it:guinzaglio">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verb">Verb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=tether&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">tether</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/tethers#English" title="tethers">tethers</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/tethering#English" title="tethering">tethering</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/tethered#English" title="tethered">tethered</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="/wiki/restrict" title="restrict">restrict</a> with, or as if, with a <a href="#Noun">tether</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">The cowboy <b>tethered</b> his horse outside the saloon.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="/wiki/connect" title="connect">connect</a> to something else. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2019</b> May 12, Alex McLevy, “Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_A.V._Club" class="extiw" title="w:The A.V. Club">The A.V. Club</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190515132551/https://tv.avclub.com/westeros-faces-its-final-battle-on-the-penultimate-game-1834706949">[5]</a></sup>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tv.avclub.com/westeros-faces-its-final-battle-on-the-penultimate-game-1834706949">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2019-05-15">15 May 2019</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The younger Targaryen feels as though she’s lost any intimacy that <b>tethered</b> her to compassion and humanity, and so all that remains is the imperious need to rule that has driven her all these years, now bereft of the warmth that previously tempered her.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To connect (a <a href="/wiki/smartphone" title="smartphone">smartphone</a>) to a <a href="/wiki/personal_computer" title="personal computer">personal computer</a> in order to give the computer access to the phone's Internet connection.</li></ol></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations_2">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=tether&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_restrict_something_with_or_as_if_with_a_tether"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to restrict something with or as if with a tether</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to restrict something with or as if with a tether"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/vastmaken#Dutch" title="vastmaken">vastmaken</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/vastmaken" class="extiw" title="nl:vastmaken">(nl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/binden#Dutch" title="binden">binden</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/binden" class="extiw" title="nl:binden">(nl)</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/panna#Finnish" title="panna">panna</a> <a href="/wiki/lieka#Finnish" title="lieka">liekaan</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/attacher#French" title="attacher">attacher</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/attacher" class="extiw" title="fr:attacher">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/anbinden#German" title="anbinden">anbinden</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/anbinden" class="extiw" title="de:anbinden">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/festmachen#German" title="festmachen">festmachen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/festmachen" class="extiw" title="de:festmachen">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/beschr%C3%A4nken#German" title="beschränken">beschränken</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/beschr%C3%A4nken" class="extiw" title="de:beschränken">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=anleinen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="anleinen (page does not exist)">anleinen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/anleinen" class="extiw" title="de:anleinen">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/imbrigliare#Italian" title="imbrigliare">imbrigliare</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/imbrigliare" class="extiw" title="it:imbrigliare">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/incatenare#Italian" title="incatenare">incatenare</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/incatenare" class="extiw" title="it:incatenare">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/w/index.php?title=tenere_al_guinzaglio&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tenere al guinzaglio (page does not exist)">tenere al guinzaglio</a></span></li> <li>Malay: <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/tambat#Malay" title="tambat">tambat</a></span></li> <li>Ottoman Turkish: <span class="Arab ota-Arab" lang="ota"><a href="/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%84%D9%85%D9%83#Ottoman_Turkish" title="كوستكلمك">كوستكلمك</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ota-Latn" class="tr Latn">kösteklemek</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/amarrar#Portuguese" title="amarrar">amarrar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/amarrar" class="extiw" title="pt:amarrar">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%8F%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="привязать">привяза́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%8F%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:привязать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">privjazátʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="привязывать">привя́зывать</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:привязывать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">privjázyvatʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/amarrar#Spanish" title="amarrar">amarrar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/amarrar" class="extiw" title="es:amarrar">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/acordonar#Spanish" title="acordonar">acordonar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/acordonar" class="extiw" title="es:acordonar">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/atar#Spanish" title="atar">atar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/atar" class="extiw" title="es:atar">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/apersogar#Spanish" title="apersogar">apersogar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/apersogar" class="extiw" title="es:apersogar">(es)</a></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/w/index.php?title=tjudra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tjudra (page does not exist)">tjudra</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/tjudra" class="extiw" title="sv:tjudra">(sv)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/ankra#Swedish" title="ankra">ankra</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/ankra" class="extiw" title="sv:ankra">(sv)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/f%C3%B6rankra#Swedish" title="förankra">förankra</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/f%C3%B6rankra" class="extiw" title="sv:förankra">(sv)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_connect_a_PC_and_a_smartphone"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to connect a PC and a smartphone</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to connect a PC and a smartphone"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E5%85%B1%E4%BA%AB%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="共享网络 (page does not exist)">共享网络</a></span></dd></dl></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=zusammenschalten&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="zusammenschalten (page does not exist)">zusammenschalten</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/koppeln#German" title="koppeln">koppeln</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/koppeln" class="extiw" title="de:koppeln">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/acoplar#Portuguese" title="acoplar">acoplar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/acoplar" class="extiw" title="pt:acoplar">(pt)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/conectar#Portuguese" title="conectar">conectar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/conectar" class="extiw" title="pt:conectar">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/enlazar#Spanish" title="enlazar">enlazar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a 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