fetters (noun)

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• fetters — fet|ters [ fetərz ] noun plural 1. ) chains for a prisoner s feet, used especially in the past 2. ) LITERARY something that limits your freedom to do what you want: She was struggling to escape the fetters of family life …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• fetters — plural noun bound by fetters of iron Syn: shackles, manacles, handcuffs, irons, leg irons, chains, restraints; informal cuffs, bracelets; historical bilboes …   Thesaurus of popular words

• fetters — UK [ˈfetə(r)z] / US [ˈfetərz] noun [plural] 1) chains for a prisoner s feet, used especially in the past 2) literary something that limits your freedom to do what you want She was struggling to escape the fetters of family life …   English dictionary

• iron — noun 1》 a strong, hard magnetic silvery grey metal, the chemical element of atomic number 26, used in construction and manufacturing (especially as steel). (Symbol: Fe) 2》 a tool or implement made of iron.     ↘(irons) fetters or handcuffs. 3》 a… …   English new terms dictionary

• Æolia — noun /iːˈəʊlɪə/ a) Æolis. […] the rifling of continents, watched by unsexed guards, the last refinement of jealousy and the self‐irony of lust ; their tables spread for fifteen thousand daily, though the king himself dined alone, and often… …   Wiktionary

• Æolus — noun /ˈiː.ələs/ The god of the wind. […] Such fiery tumult in her mind,She seeks the birthplace of the wind,Æolia, realm for ever rifeWith turbid elemental life :Here Æolus in a cavern vastWith bolt and barrier fetters fast […] …   Wiktionary

• fetter — 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 …   English new terms dictionary

• shackle — noun 1》 (shackles) a pair of fetters connected by a chain, used to fasten a prisoner s wrists or ankles together.     ↘restraints or impediments. 2》 a metal link, typically U shaped, closed by a bolt and used to secure a chain or rope to… …   English new terms dictionary

• bound — Noun: A boundary. In an indorser s waiver of protest of a note, in which he stipulates to be bound as if protest had been made, the word bound has been held to amount to a waiver of both demand and notice, since otherwise the stipulation would be …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Ares — This article is about the ancient Greek god. For other uses, see Ares (disambiguation). Ares …   Wikipedia

• Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …   Universalium