What part of speech is tethered?

Tethered can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. tethered is a verb, past participle of tether (infinitive).
  • 2. tethered is a verb, past simple of tether (infinitive).
  • 3. tethered is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more tethered
    most tethered
  • Positive: tethered 
  • Comparative: more tethered
  • Superlative: most tethered

What does tethered mean?

Definitions

Adjective

tethered - confined or restricted with or as if with a rope or chain

Verb

tether - tie with a tether; "tether horses"

Examples of tethered

#   Sentence  
1. adj. The goat had been tethered to the fence.
2. adj. Sami and Layla seemed to be tethered together.
3. adj. Yanni was tethered to the house.
4. verb Tether horses.
5. verb Astronauts use tethers to keep tools from floating away. They tether their tools to their spacesuits.
6. verb You sound like you're at the end of your tether. Rough day?
7. verb Yanni and Skura reached the end of their tether and took it out on each other.
8. verb Astronauts use tethers to keep tools from floating away. They tether their tools to their spacesuits.
9. verb You sound like you're at the end of your tether. Rough day?
10. verb Yanni and Skura reached the end of their tether and took it out on each other.
Sentence  
adj.
The goat had been tethered to the fence.
Sami and Layla seemed to be tethered together.
Yanni was tethered to the house.
verb
Tether horses.
Astronauts use tethers to keep tools from floating away. They tether their tools to their spacesuits.
You sound like you're at the end of your tether. Rough day?
Yanni and Skura reached the end of their tether and took it out on each other.
Astronauts use tethers to keep tools from floating away. They tether their tools to their spacesuits.
You sound like you're at the end of your tether. Rough day?
Yanni and Skura reached the end of their tether and took it out on each other.

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