See tether in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "at the end of one’s tether"
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"ref": "2018, John Kander, Lin-Manuel Miranda, “Cheering For Me Now”, in Hamilton:",
"text": "We suffer the weather / We bind and we tether / This nation together",
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"word": "এৰাল"
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"sense": "rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement",
"word": "amarre"
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"sense": "rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement",
"word": "Strick"
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"sense": "rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement",
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"word": "Haltegurt"
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"sense": "rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement",
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"feminine"
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"sense": "rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Schnürung"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement",
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"neuter"
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"word": "Halteseil"
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"code": "izh",
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"note": "for cattle",
"sense": "rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement",
"word": "kytyt"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "teaghrán"
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"sense": "rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement",
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"feminine"
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"word": "cavezza"
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"word": "tali tambat"
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"sense": "rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement",
"word": "tjor"
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"code": "ota",
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"roman": "köstek",
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"sense": "rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement",
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"word": "uwięź"
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"sense": "rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "postronek"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "amarra"
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{
"_dis1": "92 2 3 4",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement",
"tags": [
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"word": "peia"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "при́вязь"
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{
"_dis1": "92 2 3 4",
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"roman": "straxóvočnaja verjóvka",
"sense": "rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement",
"word": "страхо́вочная верёвка"
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"_dis1": "92 2 3 4",
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement",
"word": "privez"
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{
"_dis1": "92 2 3 4",
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement",
"word": "oputa"
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"code": "es",
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"tags": [
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"word": "soga"
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"sense": "rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement",
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"word": "atadura"
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"word": "cuerda"
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"sense": "rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement",
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"word": "tjuder"
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"word": "ankarkätting"
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"sense": "rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement",
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"text": "Since his hours have increased, I feel that he is at the end of his tether.",
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"(by extension) The limit of one's abilities, resources, patience, etc."
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"word": "grens"
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"sense": "limit of one's abilities, resources etc",
"word": "mahdollisuuksien raja"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "Limit"
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"tags": [
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"word": "Ende"
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"sense": "limit of one's abilities, resources etc",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "portata"
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"_dis1": "4 94 1 1",
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"tags": [
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"word": "campo"
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"_dis1": "4 94 1 1",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "limit of one's abilities, resources etc",
"word": "buntu fikiran"
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{
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"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "limit of one's abilities, resources etc",
"word": "suntuk fikiran"
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"sense": "limit of one's abilities, resources etc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "преде́л"
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{
"_dis1": "4 94 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "graníca",
"sense": "limit of one's abilities, resources etc",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "грани́ца"
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"sense": "limit of one's abilities, resources etc",
"word": "sputanost"
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"rhymes": "-ɛðə(ɹ)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"dialectal"
],
"word": "tedder"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to restrict something with or as if with a tether",
"word": "vastmaken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to restrict something with or as if with a tether",
"word": "binden"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to restrict something with or as if with a tether",
"word": "panna liekaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to restrict something with or as if with a tether",
"word": "attacher"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to restrict something with or as if with a tether",
"word": "anbinden"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to restrict something with or as if with a tether",
"word": "festmachen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to restrict something with or as if with a tether",
"word": "beschränken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to restrict something with or as if with a tether",
"word": "anleinen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to restrict something with or as if with a tether",
"word": "imbrigliare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to restrict something with or as if with a tether",
"word": "incatenare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to restrict something with or as if with a tether",
"word": "tenere al guinzaglio"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to restrict something with or as if with a tether",
"word": "tambat"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kösteklemek",
"sense": "to restrict something with or as if with a tether",
"word": "كوستكلمك"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to restrict something with or as if with a tether",
"word": "amarrar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "privjazátʹ",
"sense": "to restrict something with or as if with a tether",
"word": "привяза́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "privjázyvatʹ",
"sense": "to restrict something with or as if with a tether",
"word": "привя́зывать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to restrict something with or as if with a tether",
"word": "amarrar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to restrict something with or as if with a tether",
"word": "acordonar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to restrict something with or as if with a tether",
"word": "atar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to restrict something with or as if with a tether",
"word": "apersogar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to restrict something with or as if with a tether",
"word": "tjudra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to restrict something with or as if with a tether",
"word": "ankra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to restrict something with or as if with a tether",
"word": "förankra"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to connect a PC and a smartphone",
"word": "共享网络"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to connect a PC and a smartphone",
"word": "zusammenschalten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to connect a PC and a smartphone",
"word": "koppeln"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to connect a PC and a smartphone",
"word": "acoplar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to connect a PC and a smartphone",
"word": "conectar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to connect a PC and a smartphone",
"word": "enlazar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to connect a PC and a smartphone",
"word": "acoplar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to connect a PC and a smartphone",
"word": "conectar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to connect a PC and a smartphone",
"word": "sammankoppla"
}
],
"word": "tether"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English numerals",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dewk-",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "numeral"
},
"expansion": "tether",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "num",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "tethera"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of tethera"
],
"links": [
[
"tethera",
"tethera#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "tether"
}
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