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# tethered

verb (tether, tethers, tethered, tethering)

«tethered» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To tether an animal is to tie it with a rope or chain to a post or tree, so it can move only a short way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tethered/#m1)

### In the lessons

in the tales, an animal such as a horse, goat or reindeer is tied up so that it cannot run off

### Examples

- The goat was tethered to a tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tethered/#x1)
- He untied the rope that tethered the horse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tethered/#x2)
- The reindeer stayed tethered by the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tethered/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tethered» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tethered/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tethered» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tethered.html) on Mova free.