The Only Use of
tether
in
Esperanza Rising
- ...she began to feel as if she were floating and drifting upward. She lifted higher and part of her liked the sensation but another part of her felt untethered and frightened. She tried to find the place in her heart where her life was anchored,
p. 92.5untethered = unbound (to earth by earth's gravity)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in untethered means not and reverses the meaning of tethered. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definition:
to tie so as to limit the boundaries of movement; or the rope or other material used to do the tying