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Trammel

A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.

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Broader term 7

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Capture 76% connected

The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal.

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Catch 76% connected

To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

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Constraint 76% connected

The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Pothook 76% connected

An S-shaped hook on which pots and kettles are hung over an open fire.

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Restraint 76% connected

The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, phy…

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Manner of action 18

Constrain 76% connected

To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.

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Cramp 76% connected

That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.

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Cumber 76% connected

To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruc…

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Delimit 76% connected

To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound.

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Demarcate 76% connected

To mark by bounds; to set the limits of; to separate; to discriminate.

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Encumber 76% connected

To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements…

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Gate 76% connected

A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber,…

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Gin 76% connected

Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.

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Halter 76% connected

One who halts or limps; a cripple.

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Hamper 76% connected

A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which…

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Reduce 76% connected

To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.

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Restrain 76% connected

To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress…

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Scant 76% connected

Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisi…

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Skimp 76% connected

To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.

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Stiffen 76% connected

To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch.

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Strangle 76% connected

To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as wi…

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Tie 76% connected

A knot; a fastening.

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Tighten 76% connected

To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.

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Narrower term 5

Cuff 76% connected

To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.

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Fetter 76% connected

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;…

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Handcuff 76% connected

A fastening, consisting of an iron ring around the wrist, usually connected by a chain with one on the other wrist; a manacle; -- usually in the plur…

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Hobble 76% connected

To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.

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Manacle 76% connected

A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural.

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Derivationally related 6

Throttle 74% connected

The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.

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Throttle 74% connected

The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.

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Trap 74% connected

To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.

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Trap 74% connected

To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.

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Trapper 74% connected

One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals for their furs.

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Trapper 74% connected

One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals for their furs.

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Synonym 12

Bond 92% connected

That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a m…

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Bound 92% connected

of Bind

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Confine 92% connected

To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

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Ensnare 92% connected

To catch in a snare. See Insnare.

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Entrap 92% connected

To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contrad…

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Hamper 92% connected

A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Limit 92% connected

That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a…

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Restrict 92% connected

Restricted.

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Shackle 92% connected

Stubble.

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Snare 92% connected

A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a trap; a gin.

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Throttle 92% connected

The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.

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Trap 92% connected

To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.

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