esp. To make fast (any one) with bonds or fetters; to deprive of personal liberty, make a captive or prisoner.
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释义 | society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] > in free action (38) bind971 esp. To make fast (any one) with bonds or fetters; to deprive of personal liberty, make a captive or prisoner. hamper?a1366 figurative and gen. To impede or obstruct in action: †(a) to restrain, fetter (obsolete); (b) to entangle, encumber, or embarrass, with obstacles… chain1377 figurative. To fetter, confine, bind; to restrain. coarctc1400 To confine or restrict the action of (a person); to constrain, coerce. prison?a1425 transitive. In extended use: to confine, restrain, restrict the movement of. Cf. imprison, v. 1b, 2. tether?a1505 figurative. To fasten or bind by conditions or circumstances; to bind so as to detain. fetter1526 transferred and figurative. To impose restraint upon; to confine, impede, restrain. Also with down. imprisona1533 transferred and figurative. To confine, shut up: in various connections, in which either the confining agent or cause, or the object confined, or… strait1533 To restrict in freedom of action. swaddle1539 figurative, now esp. with reference to the restriction of action of any kind. measure1560 transitive. To limit or restrict (a person). Obsolete. rare. shacklea1568 transferred and figurative. to tie up1570 figurative. To bind, restrain, or confine strictly; to restrict closely; to hinder from acting freely; to oblige to act in a particular way. (Cf. 5.)… manacle1577 transitive. figurative. To constrain as with shackles; to limit, inhibit. straitena1586 To narrow or restrict the freedom, power, or privileges of (a person). archaic. hopple1586 transitive. To fasten together the legs of (a horse or other beast) to prevent it from straying; also transferred to fetter (a human being); = hobble… immew16.. transitive. To mew or coop up; to keep in restraint or confinement. scant1600 gen. To confine within narrow bounds, deprive of free scope; to limit, restrict, hedge in. cabina1616 transitive. To shut up or confine within narrow and hampering bounds. (Mostly after Shakespeare.) criba1616 transitive. To shut up as in a crib or small compartment; to confine within a small space or narrow limits; to hamper. (In modern use generally as an… trammela1616 figurative. To entangle or fasten up as in a trammel. copse1617 transitive. To fasten or shut up; to confine, enclose. Also figurative. cramp1625 figurative. To restrict or confine within injuriously narrow limits (any action or operations). cloister1627 figurative. To confine, restrain within narrow limits. incarcerate1640 figurative. To shut up as in prison; to confine. hidebind1642 transitive. To render hidebound; to confine, constrict. to box up1659 transitive. To confine (a person or thing) in a small space or within narrow limits, as if in a box, esp. uncomfortably; to block or restrict the… strait-lace1662 transitive and intransitive (for reflexive.) To lace tightly, confine. perstringe1679 transitive. To bind tightly; to constrain. Obsolete. rare. hough-band1688 (transitive) ‘to tie a band round the hough of a cow, or horse, to prevent it from straying’ (Jamieson); figurative to confine, put restraint upon… cabin1780 with in. pin1795 figurative. transitive. Chiefly with down. To manoeuvre (a person) into a position where evasion is impossible; to force (a person) to be specific… strait jacket1814 = strait waistcoat, n. peg1832 transitive. To fix or secure with a peg; to fasten with or as with a peg or pegs. Also with down. befetter1837 to tie the hands of1866 In figurative phrases. to tie the hands of: to deprive of freedom of action. to tie the knot: to effect a union between two persons or things; esp.… hog-tie1924 transitive. figurative. To hinder the free action of; to tie down, fetter, trammel. corset1935 esp. in figurative use, to place restraints or controls on (something); to force into. |
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