Shackle
noun
A metal link, usually in a pair, that can be locked around a person's wrists or ankles to limit their movement.
The prisoner was brought in, his feet bound in shackles.
Often appears as...
- break free from shackles
- remove the shackles
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To put shackles on someone or something to control, prevent or limit their movement or action.
The lack of resources shackled their development projects.
Often appears as...
- shackle someone to something
- shackle with chains
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
Something that restrains or restricts action or progress.
Bureaucracy was the shackle holding back their innovative ideas.
Often appears as...
- shackles of bureaucracy
- shackles of oppression
noun
A metal link, usually in a pair, that can be locked around a person's wrists or ankles to limit their movement.
The prisoner was brought in, his feet bound in shackles.
Often appears as...
- break free from shackles
- remove the shackles
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To put shackles on someone or something to control, prevent or limit their movement or action.
The lack of resources shackled their development projects.
Often appears as...
- shackle someone to something
- shackle with chains
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
Something that restrains or restricts action or progress.
Bureaucracy was the shackle holding back their innovative ideas.
Often appears as...
- shackles of bureaucracy
- shackles of oppression
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Restraint
Refers to actual devices used to physically restrict someone’s movement.
The guards fastened shackles around the prisoner's ankles.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Usage
Shackles have historical ties to slavery and imprisonment.
Historians describe how slaves were transported in shackles.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbol of Oppression
Metaphorically, shackles can represent a lack of freedom or oppression.
Poets often use shackles as a symbol for lack of liberty.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Restraint
Refers to actual devices used to physically restrict someone’s movement.
The guards fastened shackles around the prisoner's ankles.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Usage
Shackles have historical ties to slavery and imprisonment.
Historians describe how slaves were transported in shackles.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbol of Oppression
Metaphorically, shackles can represent a lack of freedom or oppression.
Poets often use shackles as a symbol for lack of liberty.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Restraint
Refers to actual devices used to physically restrict someone’s movement.
The guards fastened shackles around the prisoner's ankles.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Usage
Shackles have historical ties to slavery and imprisonment.
Historians describe how slaves were transported in shackles.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbol of Oppression
Metaphorically, shackles can represent a lack of freedom or oppression.
Poets often use shackles as a symbol for lack of liberty.
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Can we improve prison...
help break the shackles of your efendim behavior you and I can help stop persons coming into the prison in the first instance you and I can make a difference on a final note I want to say to you whatever it is that you feel passionate about whatever you're serious is that you feel
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The difference between...
And so to love this country and to love humanity is to push humanity constructively to be a better form of itself, and there's no way we're going to be a better form, there's no way we can build a better humanity, while we still have on the shackles of racism.
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Daniel Libeskind's 17...
and create something in the real world. Create a space for an office, a space of sustainability that really works between that virtuality and yet can be realized as something real. Unexpected versus habitual. What is a habit? It's just a shackle for ourselves.
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The myth of Loki’s...
and hauled them to Fenrir with a challenge. He would bind the wolf to test his growing strength. Fenrir eagerly accepted the challenge and splintered the metal like old wood. Odin returned to the forge, crafting shackles that no man could lift alone.
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This is what democracy...
He has horns, tusks, crossed eyes, braided hair. He obviously spends a lot of time on that hair. Justice now lies helpless at his feet, shackled. Her scales have been severed. Justice is the key antagonist to the Tyrant,
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The Creativity,...
Years later, she found herself caught in a federal drug conspiracy. Bound and shackled and carted off to federal prison to serve out a fundamental death sentence for her very first conviction, felony or otherwise.
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Sea Bear Ancestors? PIPE...
mastered the fishing but they're still shackled to the land they have to return for six months each year to raise their young this northern fur seal is totally focused on her newborn it's for a coat
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Why Do These Women...
Burmese border lies a refugee camp it harbors an unusual tribe stretch necks and shackled limbs define these women as Padang for centuries that Padang women
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Brass Shackles PIPE...
in northwest thailand close to the Burmese border lies a refugee camp it harbors an unusual tribe stretched necks and shackled limbs define these women as
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Best Of Frogs PIPE Top 5 PIPE...
hind legs they shackle the toad for six weeks until hatching before dawn he'll find a damp cool shelter to prevent the eggs from drying
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Can we improve prison...
help break the shackles of your efendim behavior you and I can help stop persons coming into the prison in the first instance you and I can make a difference on a final note I want to say to you whatever it is that you feel passionate about whatever you're serious is that you feel
Video examples
The difference between...
And so to love this country and to love humanity is to push humanity constructively to be a better form of itself, and there's no way we're going to be a better form, there's no way we can build a better humanity, while we still have on the shackles of racism.
Video examples
Daniel Libeskind's 17...
and create something in the real world. Create a space for an office, a space of sustainability that really works between that virtuality and yet can be realized as something real. Unexpected versus habitual. What is a habit? It's just a shackle for ourselves.
Video examples
The myth of Loki’s...
and hauled them to Fenrir with a challenge. He would bind the wolf to test his growing strength. Fenrir eagerly accepted the challenge and splintered the metal like old wood. Odin returned to the forge, crafting shackles that no man could lift alone.
Video examples
This is what democracy...
He has horns, tusks, crossed eyes, braided hair. He obviously spends a lot of time on that hair. Justice now lies helpless at his feet, shackled. Her scales have been severed. Justice is the key antagonist to the Tyrant,
Video examples
The Creativity,...
Years later, she found herself caught in a federal drug conspiracy. Bound and shackled and carted off to federal prison to serve out a fundamental death sentence for her very first conviction, felony or otherwise.
Video examples
Sea Bear Ancestors? PIPE...
mastered the fishing but they're still shackled to the land they have to return for six months each year to raise their young this northern fur seal is totally focused on her newborn it's for a coat
Video examples
Why Do These Women...
Burmese border lies a refugee camp it harbors an unusual tribe stretch necks and shackled limbs define these women as Padang for centuries that Padang women
Video examples
Brass Shackles PIPE...
in northwest thailand close to the Burmese border lies a refugee camp it harbors an unusual tribe stretched necks and shackled limbs define these women as
Video examples
Best Of Frogs PIPE Top 5 PIPE...
hind legs they shackle the toad for six weeks until hatching before dawn he'll find a damp cool shelter to prevent the eggs from drying
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Quote examples
Michael Moore
American Activist
I've read stories of slave owners who were very generous. They didn't keep them in shackles, they didn't whip the slaves, they built schools and churches for them, free housing, free food, free everything. It's wrong. No matter how nice you make it look, it's wrong.
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Sangeetha Krish
Indian Actress
I think in more ways than one 'Uyir' did a lot good, getting the scope to perform. Things have really fallen in place since then. Breaking free of the shackles has given me the rich option to choose and pick from the range of characters coming my way.
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Matthew Reilly
Australian Writer
Fantasy enabled me to break the shackles and create a whole new level of 'the world is in danger' stakes.
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Nargis Fakhri
American Actress
Stereotyping of any race or culture is narrow-minded, and I can't wait to help break the shackles.
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Keegan-Michael Key
American Actor
I was raised Catholic, so guilt shackles you from acting like a complete fool all the time.
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David Hogg
American Activist
The cold grasp of corruption shackles the District of Columbia.
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Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
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Kelly Lynch
American Actress
I do come shackled with whatever people think I am.
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Monica Johnson
American Writer
Nobody says you have to be shackled to tradition.
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Rain Dove
American Model
Gender is a shackle.
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Michael Moore
American Activist
I've read stories of slave owners who were very generous. They didn't keep them in shackles, they didn't whip the slaves, they built schools and churches for them, free housing, free food, free everything. It's wrong. No matter how nice you make it look, it's wrong.
Quote examples
Sangeetha Krish
Indian Actress
I think in more ways than one 'Uyir' did a lot good, getting the scope to perform. Things have really fallen in place since then. Breaking free of the shackles has given me the rich option to choose and pick from the range of characters coming my way.
Quote examples
Matthew Reilly
Australian Writer
Fantasy enabled me to break the shackles and create a whole new level of 'the world is in danger' stakes.
Quote examples
Nargis Fakhri
American Actress
Stereotyping of any race or culture is narrow-minded, and I can't wait to help break the shackles.
Quote examples
Keegan-Michael Key
American Actor
I was raised Catholic, so guilt shackles you from acting like a complete fool all the time.
Quote examples
David Hogg
American Activist
The cold grasp of corruption shackles the District of Columbia.
Quote examples
Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
Quote examples
Kelly Lynch
American Actress
I do come shackled with whatever people think I am.
Quote examples
Monica Johnson
American Writer
Nobody says you have to be shackled to tradition.
Quote examples
Rain Dove
American Model
Gender is a shackle.
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