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Noun
S:
(n)
fetter
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hobble
(a shackle for the ankles or feet)
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S:
(n)
shackle
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bond
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hamper
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trammel
(a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner))
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derivationally related form
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S:
(n)
hitch
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hobble
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limp
(the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg)
Verb
S:
(v)
limp
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gimp
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hobble
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hitch
(walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury)
"The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"
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S:
(v)
hobble
(hamper the action or progress of)
"The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean"
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S:
(v)
impede
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hinder
(be a hindrance or obstacle to)
"She is impeding the progress of our project"
S:
(v)
obstruct
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obturate
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impede
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occlude
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jam
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block
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close up
(block passage through)
"obstruct the path"
S:
(v)
inhibit
(limit, block, or decrease the action or function of)
"inhibit the action of the enzyme"; "inhibit the rate of a chemical reaction"
S:
(v)
repress
(impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of)
S:
(v)
interfere
(come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle)
"Your talking interferes with my work!"
S:
(v)
set back
(slow down the progress of; hinder)
"His late start set him back"
S:
(v)
hobble
(hamper the action or progress of)
"The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean"
S:
(v)
stunt
(check the growth or development of)
"You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles"
sentence frame
S:
(v)
hopple
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hobble
(strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison)
"hobble race horses"