What does tethered mean?

Definition

Tied to the ground by a rope or a cable, so that it can rise only a little way and cannot fly off.

Example sentences

• I lost my nerve and only did the tethered ride — and even then, a hundred feet up, I was clutching the basket.🔊

  I lost my nerve and only did the tethered ride — and even then, a hundred feet up, I was clutching the basket.

• Is that balloon over the park tethered? It hasn't moved all afternoon.🔊

  Is that balloon over the park tethered? It hasn't moved all afternoon.

tethered in other languages

• In Portuguese
• In French
• In Japanese