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untether

untether verb: to undo by removing a tether.

Verb

untether (third-person singular simple present untethers, present participle untethering, simple past and past participle untethered)

  1. (transitive) To undo by removing a tether.

Forms of untether

third-person singular presentuntethers
present participleuntethering
past participleuntethered
pastuntethered

Origin of untether

From un- + tether.

Questions about untether

What does untether mean?
Untether means to undo by removing a tether.
What part of speech is untether?
Untether is a verb.
What is the past tense of untether?
The past tense of untether is untethered.

Words near untether in the dictionary

  1. untesticled
  2. untestified
  3. untestifying
  4. untesting
  5. untesty
  6. untether
  7. untetherable
  8. untethered
  9. untetheredness
  10. untethering
  11. untethers

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