English-Thai Dictionary

tether

N ขอบเขต  ขอบเขต จำกัด  kob-ked

 

tether

N เชือก ล่าม  เชือก ผูก  โซ่ ล่าม  rope chain leash chuek-kam

 

tether

VT ล่าม ด้วย เชือก  ล่าม ด้วย โซ่  bind lash picket secure tie lam-duai-chuek

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TETHER

n.[See Tedder. ] A rope or chain by which a beast is confined for feeding within certain limits.

 

TETHER

v.t.To confine, as a beast, with a rope or chain for feeding within certain limits. [It would be well to write this word uniformly tedder. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TETHER

Teth "er, n. Etym: [Formerly tedder, OE. tedir; akin to LG. tider,tier, Icel. tjo, Dan. töir. *64.]

 

Defn: A long rope or chain by which an animal is fastened, as to a stake, so that it can range or feed only within certain limits.

 

TETHER

Teth "er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tethered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tethering.]

 

Defn: To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for feeding within certain limits. And by a slender cord was tethered to a stone. Wordsworth.

 

TETHER-BALL

TETHER-BALL Teth "er-ball `, n.

 

Defn: A game played with rackets and a ball suspended by a string from an upright pole, the object of each side being to wrap the string around the pole by striking the ball in a direction opposite to the other.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tether

teth er |ˈteT͟Hər ˈtɛðər | ▶noun a rope or chain with which an animal is tied to restrict its movement. ▶verb [ with obj. ] tie (an animal ) with a rope or chain so as to restrict its movement: the horse had been tethered to a post. PHRASES the end of one's tether see end. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old Norse tjóthr, from a Germanic base meaning ‘fasten. ’

 

tetherball

teth er ball |ˈteT͟Hərˌbôl ˈtɛðərbɔl | ▶noun a game in which two people use their hands or paddles to hit a ball suspended on a cord from an upright post, the winner being the first person to wind the cord completely around the post.

 

Oxford Dictionary

tether

tether |ˈtɛðə | ▶verb [ with obj. ] tie (an animal ) with a rope or chain so as to restrict its movement: the horse had been tethered to a post. ▶noun a rope or chain with which an animal is tied to restrict its movement. PHRASES the end of one's tether see end. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old Norse tjóthr, from a Germanic base meaning ‘fasten ’.

 

tetherball

teth er ball |ˈteT͟Hərˌbôl ˈtɛðərbɔl | ▶noun a game in which two people use their hands or paddles to hit a ball suspended on a cord from an upright post, the winner being the first person to wind the cord completely around the post.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

tether

tether verb the horse had been tethered to a post: tie, tie up, hitch, rope, chain; fasten, bind, fetter, secure. ANTONYMS unleash. ▶noun a dog on a tether: rope, chain, cord, leash, lead; restraint, fetter; halter.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

tether

tether verb the horse had been tethered to a post: tie, tie up, hitch, rope, chain; fasten, secure; bind, fetter, shackle, restrain. ANTONYMS unleash, release. ▶noun rope, chain, cord, lead, leash; fetter, restraint; halter; archaic lyam. PHRASES at the end of one's tether the poor man was clearly at the end of his tether: at one's wits' end, desperate, not knowing which way to turn, unable to cope; N. Amer. at the end of one's rope.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tether

teth er /téðə r /名詞 C 1 (動物をつなぐ )ロープ, 鎖 .2 〖one's ～〗(力量などの )限界 ; (知識などの )領域, 範囲 ▸ be at the end of one's tether 忍耐が限界に達している 動詞 他動詞 1 «…に » 〈動物 〉をつなぐ «to » .2 ｟比喩的に ｠〖通例be ～ed 〗〈人などが 〉 «…に » 縛られる «to » .

 

tetherball

teth er ball /téðə r bɔ̀ːl /名詞 U テザーボール 〘ひもでつるしたボールを手またはラケットで打つ2人用ゲーム 〙.