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单词 hog-ties
释义

hog-tie

verb

ˈhȯg-ˌtī How to pronounce hog-tie (audio)
ˈhäg-
hog-tied; hog-tying; hog-ties

transitive verb

1
: to tie together the feet of
2
: to make helpless : stymie
hog-tie scientific progress

Synonyms

  • clog
  • cramp
  • embarrass
  • encumber
  • fetter
  • hamper
  • handcuff
  • handicap
  • hinder
  • hobble
  • hold back
  • hold up
  • impede
  • inhibit
  • interfere (with)
  • manacle
  • obstruct
  • shackle
  • short-circuit
  • stymie
  • tie up
  • trammel
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Word History

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined at sense 1

hog-ties

verb

present tense third-person singular of hog-tie
as in hampers
to create difficulty for the work or activity of their principals' inflexible demands virtually hog-tied the diplomats' efforts to negotiate a peace treaty

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • hampers
  • hinders
  • impedes
  • embarrasses
  • obstructs
  • handicaps
  • holds back
  • ties up
  • interferes (with)
  • blocks
  • gives a hard time
  • delays
  • cramps
  • inhibits
  • cramps one's style
  • handcuffs
  • shackles
  • hobbles
  • stymies
  • manacles
  • clogs
  • encumbers
  • disrupts
  • trammels
  • restrains
  • fetters
  • ties
  • short-circuits
  • constrains
  • thwarts
  • holds up
  • checks
  • reins
  • frustrates
  • chains
  • curbs
  • balks
  • binds
  • bogs (down)
  • brakes
  • retards
  • tethers
  • barricades
  • leashes
  • halters
  • roadblocks
  • retains
  • confines
  • arrests
  • stifles
  • foils
  • blockades
  • baffles
  • strangles
  • sabotages
  • chokes
  • stumps
  • muzzles
  • derails
  • suffocates
  • smothers
  • hems (in)
  • mires
  • hedges (in)
  • represses
  • suppresses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • helps
  • aids
  • facilitates
  • assists
  • opens
  • unstops
  • releases
  • makes way
  • clears
  • frees
  • liberates
  • unties
  • encourages
  • promotes
  • unclogs
  • unplugs
  • loosens
  • smooths
  • smoothes
  • furthers
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