MANACLE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs

Synonyms:

cuff; handcuff; handlock; manacle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("manacle" is a kind of...):

bond; hamper; shackle; trammel (a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner))

Derivation:

manacle (confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs)

Present simple: I / you / we / they manacle ... he / she / it manacles

Past simple: manacled

Past participle: manacled

-ing form: manacling

Meaning:

Confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs

Example:

The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime

Synonyms:

cuff; handcuff; manacle

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "manacle" is one way to...):

fetter; shackle (restrain with fetters)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to manacle the prisoners

Derivation:

manacle (shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs)