fetter
31fetter — v. a. HD. 2758 sb. HD. 2759 …
32fetter — [[t]fe̱tə(r)[/t]] fetters, fettering, fettered 1) VERB (disapproval) If you say that you are fettered by something, you dislike it because it prevents you from behaving or moving in a free and natural way. [LITERARY] [be V ed] ...a private trust… …
33fetter — fet·ter || fetÉ™(r) n. chain, shackle; hindrance v. chain, shackle; hinder, hamper …
34fetter — noun a chain or shackle placed around a prisoner s ankles. ↘a restraint or check. verb restrain with fetters. ↘restrict: he was not fettered by tradition. Origin OE feter, of Gmc origin …
35fetter — I. n. Shackle (for the feet), chain, bond, clog, hamper. II. v. a. 1. Shackle (the feet), clog, trammel, hamper, put fetters on. 2. Chain, bind, tie, confine, restrain, hamper, trammel, encumber …
36fetter — 1 noun fetters (plural) literary a) the things that prevent someone from being free: breaking the fetters of convention b) chains that were put around a prisoner s feet in former times 2 verb (T) literary 1 to restrict someone s freedom and… …
37fetter — n 1.Usu. fetters chains, shackles, gyves, trammels; irons, bonds, pinions; manacles, handcuffs, Sl. bracelets, Brit. Sl. darbies; hampers, clog, governor. v 2. shackle, gyve, manacle, handcuff, put in irons; chain, enchain, truss, bind, bind hand …
38fetter — fet·ter …
39fetter — fet•ter [[t]ˈfɛt ər[/t]] n. 1) a chain or shackle placed on the feet 2) Usu., fetters. anything that confines or restrains 3) to put fetters upon 4) to confine; restrain • Etymology: bef. 900; ME, OE feter; c. OHG fezzera, ON fjǫturr; akin to… …
40fetter — /ˈfɛtə / (say fetuh) noun 1. a chain or shackle placed around the ankle, used as a restraint. 2. (usually plural) anything that confines or restrains. –verb (t) 3. to put fetters upon. 4. to confine; restrain. {Middle English and Old English… …
