shackle

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
bond, hamper, trammel
• Derivationally related forms:
trammel (for: trammel), hamper (for: hamper)
• Hypernyms:
restraint, constraint
• Hyponyms:
ball and chain, fetter, hobble, handcuff, cuff,
handlock, manacle, irons, chains
2. a U-shaped bar;
the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar
• Hypernyms:
bar
• Part Holonyms:
padlock

II - verb

1. restrain with fetters
• Syn:
fetter
• Derivationally related forms:
fetter (for: fetter)
• Hypernyms:
restrain, confine, hold
• Hyponyms:
manacle, cuff, handcuff
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They want to shackle the prisoners
2. bind the arms of
• Syn:
pinion
• Hypernyms:
restrain, confine, hold
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They want to shackle the prisoners

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bond, hamper, trammel, fetter, pinion