shackle
/ˈʃæk(ə)l/ verb C2- To place (a person or animal) in shackles (noun etymology 1 sense 1); to immobilize or restrain using shackles.
- To connect or couple (something) to another thing using a shackle (noun etymology 1 sense 1.1.1, etymology 1 sense 1.1.3, etc.).
- To provide (something) with a shackle.
- To inhibit or restrain the ability, action, activity, or progress of (someone or something); to render (someone or something) incapable or ineffectual. · This law would effectively shackle its opposition.
- Of two things: to connect or couple together.
Plural shackle · He/she/it shackles · Past shackled · Past participle shackled · -ing form shackling
Verb forms
- Base form
- shackle
- He/she/it
- shackles
- Past
- shackled
- Past participle
- shackled
- -ing form
- shackling
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