'Tethered' definitions:
Definition of 'tethered'
From: WordNet
adjective
Confined or restricted with or as if with a rope or chain
Definition of 'Tethered'
From: GCIDE
- Tether \Teth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tethered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tethering.] To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for feeding within certain limits. [1913 Webster]
- And by a slender cord was tethered to a stone. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tethered'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aground,
- anchored,
- bound,
- caught,
- chained,
- fast,
- fastened,
- fettered,
- fixed,
- grounded,
- hampered,
- handcuffed,
- held,
- high and dry,
- impacted,
- in bonds,
- in chains,
- in irons,
- inextricable,
- ironbound,
- jammed,
- manacled,
- moored,
- packed,
- shackled,
- stranded,
- strapped,
- stuck,
- stuck fast,
- tied,
- tied down,
- tied up,
- trammeled,
- transfixed,
- wedged