Word Meanings - FETTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

veter, OHG. fezzera, Icel. fjöturr, L. pedi, Gr. foot. sq. root 77. 1. A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle. bound him with

Additional info about word: FETTER

veter, OHG. fezzera, Icel. fjöturr, L. pedi, Gr. foot. sq. root 77. 1. A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle. bound him with fetters of brass. Judg. xvi. 21. 2. Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint. Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound. Dryden.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of FETTER)

• Bind
• Fetter
• engage
• tie
• fasten
• secure
• lace
• twine
• oblige
• compel
• restrict
• restrain
• Bond
• Tie
• fastening
• chain
• association
• manacle
• fetter
• compact
• obligation
• security
• Cramp
• narrow
• confine
• clog
• hamper
• cripple
• Enchain
• enslave
• Manacle
• Shackle
• hand-cuff

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of FETTER)

• Loosen
• betray
• surrender
• expose
• imperil
• endanger
• open
• liberate
• free

Related words: (words related to FETTER)

• CRAMP
  A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron. (more info) Dan. krampe, G. krampf , Icel. krappr strait, 1. That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shakle; a hindrance.
• CONFINER
  One who, or that which, limits or restrains.
• RESTRAINABLE
  Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne.
• ASSOCIATION
  1. The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things. "Some . . . bond of association." Hooker. Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God. Boyle. 2. Mental connection, or that which is
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• ASSOCIATIONIST
  One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas; e. g., Hartley, J. C. Mill.
• OBLIGER
  One who, or that which, obliges. Sir H. Wotton.
• RESTRICT
  Restricted.
• CHAINWORK
  Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work.
• COMPACT
  1. Joined or held together; leagued; confederated. "Compact with her that's gone." Shak. A pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together. Peacham. 2. Composed or made; -- with of. A wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapor. Milton. 3. Closely
• COMPACTIBLE
  That may be compacted.
• FASTENER
  One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.
• OBLIGEMENT
  Obligation. I will not resist, therefore, whatever it is, either of divine or human obligement, that you lay upon me. Milton.
• ENSLAVEMENT
  The act of reducing to slavery; state of being enslaved; bondage; servitude. A fresh enslavement to their enemies. South.
• CHAIN PUMP
  A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the
• EXPOSEDNESS
  The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation.
• CRIPPLENESS
  Lameness. Johnson.
• ENSLAVEDNESS
  State of being enslaved.
• FETTERLESS
  Free from fetters. Marston.
• SECURER
  One who, or that which, secures.
• TOP-CHAIN
  A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the ropes by which they are hung are shot away.
• SHEET CHAIN
  A chain sheet cable.
• REENGAGEMENT
  A renewed or repeated engagement.
• HOGCHAIN
  A chain or tie rod, in a boat or barge, to prevent the vessel from hogging.
• INTWINE
  To twine or twist into, or together; to wreathe; as, a wreath of flowers intwined.
• BREQUET CHAIN
  A watch-guard.
• ENTWINEMENT
  A twining or twisting together or round; union. Bp. Hacket.