Tethered meaning

Attached to a data or power source by wire. Contrast with untethered. See tethering.
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(veterinary) Tied, strapped, especially with tethers or hobbles.
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(computing, electronics) 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.

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Simple past tense and past participle of tether.
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Tethered Sentence Examples

  • Others don't like the confinement of being tethered to a machine while sleeping.

  • While none of us opted for involvement, Howie's insistence was the first time he hadn't acted like a tethered toddler.

  • They tethered their horses by a small thicket along the river bank.

  • We left pops tethered at the farm happily munching grass.

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