tether
- Noun. a rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement.
- Noun. (context, by extension) the limit of one's abilities, resources etc.
- Noun. (dialect) The cardinal number three in an old counting system used in Teesdale and Swaledale. (Variant of tethera).
- Verb. to restrict something with a tether.
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