Synonyms of the word

tether

• n. a rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement.
• n. (by extension) the limit of one's abilities, resources etc.
• n. (dialect) The cardinal number three in an old counting system used in Teesdale and Swaledale. (Variant…
• v. to restrict something with a tether.
• v. (Internet) to connect a personal computer and a smartphone in order to get wireless Internet access for…

attach

• v. (obsolete, law) To arrest, seize.
• v. (transitive) To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
• v. (intransitive) To adhere; to be attached.
• v. To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.
• v. To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral…
• v. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.
• v. (obsolete) To take, seize, or lay hold of.

constraint

• n. Something that constrains; a restriction.
• n. (mathematics) A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.
• n. (databases) A method that maintains database integrity.

lead

• n. (uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnishe…
• n. (countable) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at seaor (dated) to estimate…
• n. A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
• n. (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
• n. Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
• n. (plural leads) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
• n. (countable) A thin cylinder of black lead or plumbago (graphite) used in pencils.
• n. (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
• v. (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
• v. (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
• v. (heading, transitive) To guide or conduct.
• v. (intransitive) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing…
• v. (heading) To begin, to be ahead.
• v. (transitive) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice;…
• v. (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
• v. To produce (with to).
• v. Misspelling of led.
• n. (uncountable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course.
• n. (uncountable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead…
• n. (countable) An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
• n. (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
• n. (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit,…
• n. (acting) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
• n. (acting) The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
• n. (countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
• n. (countable, mining) A lode.
• n. (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
• n. A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash.
• n. In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release…
• n. Charging lead.
• n. (civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
• n. (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
• n. Hypothesis that has not been pursued.
• n. Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details…
• n. (marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
• n. Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more…
• n. (curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
• n. (newspapers) A teaser; a lead-in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why…
• n. An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast.
• n. (engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times…
• n. (music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor.
• n. (music) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
• n. (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance…
• n. (engineering) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound…
• n. (electrical) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter…
• n. (electrical) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive…
• adj. (not comparable) Foremost.
• adj. (music) main, principal.
• v. Misspelling of led.

leash

• n. A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.
• n. A brace and a half; a tierce.
• n. A set of three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the…
• n. A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
• n. (surfing) A leg rope.
• v. To fasten or secure with a leash.
• v. (figuratively) to curb, restrain.

restraint

• n. (countable) something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures.
• n. (uncountable) control or caution; reserve.