Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to tether
Participle: tethered
Gerund: tethering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | tether |
| you | tether |
| he;she;it | tethers |
| we | tether |
| you | tether |
| they | tether |
Perfect
| I | have tethered |
| you | have tethered |
| he;she;it | has tethered |
| we | have tethered |
| you | have tethered |
| they | have tethered |
Past
| I | tethered |
| you | tethered |
| he;she;it | tethered |
| we | tethered |
| you | tethered |
| they | tethered |
Pluperfect
| I | had tethered |
| you | had tethered |
| he;she;it | had tethered |
| we | had tethered |
| you | had tethered |
| they | had tethered |
Future
| I | will tether |
| you | will tether |
| he;she;it | will tether |
| we | will tether |
| you | will tether |
| they | will tether |
Future Perfect
| I | will have tethered |
| you | will have tethered |
| he;she;it | will have tethered |
| we | will have tethered |
| you | will have tethered |
| they | will have tethered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | tether |
| you | tether |
| he;she;it | tether |
| we | tether |
| you | tether |
| they | tether |
Perfect
| I | have tethered |
| you | have tethered |
| he;she;it | have tethered |
| we | have tethered |
| you | have tethered |
| they | have tethered |
Imperfect
| I | tethered |
| you | tethered |
| he;she;it | tethered |
| we | tethered |
| you | tethered |
| they | tethered |
Pluperfect
| I | had tethered |
| you | had tethered |
| he;she;it | had tethered |
| we | had tethered |
| you | had tethered |
| they | had tethered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would tether |
| you | would tether |
| he;she;it | would tether |
| we | would tether |
| you | would tether |
| they | would tether |
Perfect
| I | would have tethered |
| you | would have tethered |
| he;she;it | would have tethered |
| we | would have tethered |
| you | would have tethered |
| they | would have tethered |
Imperative
| you | tether |
| we | Let's tether |
| you | tether |
Verbs conjugated like 'tether'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'tether'
ether,
gether,
nether,
tetter,
wether,
better,
blether,
bother,
deter,
detether,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1376, "rope for fastening an animal," probably from O.N. tjoðr "tether," from P.Gmc. *teudran (cf. Dan. tøir, Swed. tjuder, O.Fris. tiader, M.Du. tuder, Du. tuier "line, rope," O.H.G. zeotar "pole of a cart"), from PIE base *deu- "to fasten" + instrumentive suffix *-tro-. Fig. sense of "measure of one's limitations" is attested from 1579. The verb is first recorded c.1470, from the noun. Tether-ball is attested from 1900.
2. From Middle English tether, teder, from Old English *tēoder and/or Old Norse tjóðr ( > Danish tøjr, Swedish tjuder); both from Proto-Germanic *teudrą (“rope; cord; shaft”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dewtro-, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to tie”), or from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”). Cognate with North German Tüder (“tether for binding the cattle”), Swedish tjuder (“tether for binding cattle”).
Sample Sentences
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The cowboy tethered his horse outside the saloon.
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The younger Targaryen feels as though she’s lost any intimacy that tethered her to compassion and humanity, and so all that remains is the imperious need to rule that has driven her all these years, now bereft of the warmth that previously tempered her. [2019 May 12, Alex McLevy, “Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 15 May 2019:]