fetter
🇺🇸
/ˈfetər/
🇬🇧
/ˈfetə(r)/
verb
R
to prevent someone from doing what they want
The strict rules fettered his ability to express himself.
R
to use chains to lock up someone's feet
The prisoner was fettered and left in a dark cell.
noun
R
an obstacle to freedom or doing what one wants
Self-doubt can be a fetter that stops you from achieving your goals.
R
chains used to lock up someone's feet
The old jail had fetters hanging on the walls.
translation
to prevent someone from doing what they want; to use chains to lock up someone's feet
an obstacle to freedom or doing what one wants; chains used to lock up someone's feet
Word Forms
3rd Present
fetters
Progressive
fettering
Past
fettered
Plural
fetters
Perfect
fettered