Shackle - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈʃækl|
Brit.
|ˈʃæk(ə)l|
noun
- a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) (syn: bond, hamper, trammel)
- a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar
- a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar
verb
Extra examples
...placed shackles on the legs of the prisoners...
...the shackles of illiteracy can be just as confining as leg irons...
Don't shackle yourself with property.
Industrial progress is being shackled by a mass of regulations.
He was blindfolded and shackled to a radiator.
Firms are shackled with stupid rules that prevent them from increasing trade.
...unwilling to shackle the dogs to the wall of the house...
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: shackle
he/she/it: shackles
present participle: shackling
past tense: shackled
past participle: shackled
I/you/we/they: shackle
he/she/it: shackles
present participle: shackling
past tense: shackled
past participle: shackled
noun
singular: shackle
plural: shackles
singular: shackle
plural: shackles
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