Both Uses of
tether
in
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl
- And when you think that she has her regular office work to do, that Mr. Kleiman is sick, that Miep is home with a cold and that Bep herself has a sprained ankle, boyfriend troubles and a grouchy father, it's no wonder she's at the end of her tether.
Chpt 43-09tether = rope
- I'm guided by the pure Anne within, but on the outside I'm nothing but a frolicsome little goat tugging at its tether.
Chpt 44-08 *tether = rope (limiting movement by tying one end of a rope to a fixed location and the other end to an animal)
Definition:
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(tether) to tie so as to limit the boundaries of movement; or the rope or other material used to do the tying