All manacled synonyms
manΒ·aΒ·cle
M m verb manacled
- hobble β to walk lamely; limp.
- paste β copy and paste
- rope β a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- trammel β Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint: the trammels of custom.
- edge β a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- lash β an ocean-going vessel equipped with special cranes and holds for lifting and stowing cargo-carrying barges that can be sailed up inland waterways or into port facilities from offshore.
- constrict β If a part of your body, especially your throat, is constricted or if it constricts, something causes it to become narrower.
- manacle β a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
- pinion β the distal or terminal segment of the wing of a bird consisting of the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges.
- clog β When something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through.
- subdue β to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
- cook β When you cook a meal, you prepare food for eating by heating it.
- abstain β If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- check β Check is also a noun.
- ice β the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- moderate β kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- scrub β to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
- retard β to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
- refrain β to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- bridle β A bridle is a set of straps that is put around a horse's head and mouth so that the person riding or driving the horse can control it.
- bit β A bit of something is a small part or section of it.
- hog-tie β If someone hog-ties an animal or a person, they tie their legs together, or they tie their arms and legs together.
- deny β When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- withhold β to hold back; restrain or check.
- repress β to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
- bind β If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common.
- cuff β The cuffs of a shirt or dress are the parts at the ends of the sleeves, which are thicker than the rest of the sleeve.
- curb β If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
- confine β To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
- hamstring β (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
- direct β to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- harness β the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal. Compare yoke1 (def 1).
- circumscribe β If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted.
- debar β If you are debarred from doing something, you are prevented from doing it by a law or regulation.
- arrest β If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
- impound β to shut up in a pound or other enclosure, as a stray animal.
- handicap β a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
- proscribe β to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
- imprison β to confine in or as if in a prison.
- stay β (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
- gag β to introduce usually comic interpolations into (a script, an actor's part, or the like) (usually followed by up).
- hold β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- cool β Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low.
- delimit β If you delimit something, you fix or establish its limits.
- keep β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- jail β a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- guide β to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person: He guided us through the forest.
- cork β Cork is a soft, light substance which forms the bark of a type of Mediterranean tree.
- secure β free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- batten β A batten is a long strip of wood that is fixed to something to strengthen it or to hold it firm.