Antonyms for tether

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : teth -er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛð ər

Definition of tether

Origin : late 14c., "rope for fastening an animal," probably from Old Norse tjoðr "tether," from Proto-Germanic *teudran (cf. Danish tøir, Swedish tjuder, Old Frisian tiader, Middle Dutch tuder, Dutch tuier "line, rope," Old High German zeotar "pole of a cart"), from PIE root *deu- "to fasten" + instrumentive suffix *-tro-. Figurative sense of "measure of one's limitations" is attested from 1570s.

noun fastening
verb fasten

Example sentences :

It seemed to me that at last I had run to the end of my tether.
Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson

If you'll unpack the mare and tether her, Haggis, we can see aboot the fire and the meat.
Extract from : « The Fiery Totem » by Argyll Saxby

When he was pretty nearly at the end of his tether he came back to England.
Extract from : « Doctor Luttrell's First Patient » by Rosa Nouchette Carey

They are also beyond the tether of my subject, which I fear I have already overstrained.
Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 » by Various

Devers had run to the end of his tether, said Boynton, unfeelingly.
Extract from : « Under Fire » by Charles King

There she lay at the end of her tether, with extended wings, bitten and rumpled.
Extract from : « Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers » by John Burroughs

I was at the end of my tether, and unfortunately I am not religious.
Extract from : « Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion » by Emile Cou

But the devoted animal was nearing the end of his tether, and his rider knew it.
Extract from : « Captain Desmond, V.C. » by Maud Diver

He had reached the end of his tether, must get to water soon or give up the fight.
Extract from : « Brand Blotters » by William MacLeod Raine

Mr. Boltby, he thought, had gone a little beyond his tether.
Extract from : « Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite » by Anthony Trollope

Synonyms for tether

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