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tethered

tethered adjective: tied, strapped, especially with tethers or hobbles. Also the simple past and past participle of tether.

Adjective

tethered

  1. Tied, strapped, especially with tethers or hobbles.
  2. connected (especially a mobile phone to a computer, for use as a wireless modem)
    • Many mobile phones are equipped with software to offer tethered Internet access.

Also used as

tethered is also the simple past and past participle of tether.

Words formed from tethered

Phrases with tethered

Questions about tethered

What does tethered mean?
Tethered means tied, strapped, especially with tethers or hobbles.
What part of speech is tethered?
Tethered is an adjective.

Words near tethered in the dictionary

  1. tetherable
  2. tetherball
  3. tetherballer
  4. tetherballers
  5. tetherballs
  6. tethered
  7. tethered aerostat
  8. tethered aerostats
  9. tetheredness
  10. tetherin
  11. tethering

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