shackle
🇺🇸
/ˈʃækl/
🇬🇧
/ˈʃækl/
noun
R
Metal rings that are locked around a prisoner's wrists or ankles and connected by a chain to prevent the prisoner from moving freely or escaping.
The prisoner's hands were secured with shackles to the wall.
R
A situation or condition that restricts your freedom or ability to do something.
The company is trying to break free from the shackles of outdated technology.
verb
R
To put shackles on someone to restrict their movement or freedom.
The criminal was shackled and taken to the prison cell.
R
To restrict someone's freedom or ability to express themselves.
The new policy shackled the employees' creativity and innovation.
translation
Metal rings that are locked around a prisoner's wrists or ankles and connected by a chain to prevent the prisoner from moving freely or escaping.; A situation or condition that restricts your freedom or ability to do something.
To put shackles on someone to restrict their movement or freedom.; To restrict someone's freedom or ability to express themselves.
Word Forms
3rd Present
shackles
Past
shackled
Perfect
shackled
Progressive
shackling
Plural
shackles