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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fastening |
| Synonyms: | binding, bond, chain, cord, fetter, halter, harness, lead, leash, picket, restraint, rope, shackle |
| Main Entry: | bind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fasten, secure |
| Synonyms: | adhere, attach, bandage, border, chain, cinch, clamp, connect, constrict, cover, dress, edge, encase, enchain, enfetter, fetter, finish, fix, fold, furl, glue, hamper, handcuff, hem, hitch, hitch on, hobble, hook on, hook up, lace, lap, lash, leash, manacle, moor, muzzle, paste, peg down, pin, pin down, pinion, put together, restrain, restrict, rope, shackle, stick, strap, swathe, tack on, tether, tie, tie up, trammel, trim, truss, unite, wrap, yoke |
| Antonyms: | free, loose, loosen, release, set free, unbind, unfasten, untie |
| Main Entry: | chain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manacle in metal |
| Synonyms: | attach, bind, confine, connect, enslave, fetter, handcuff, hold, moor, restrain, shackle, tether, tie up, trammel |
| Main Entry: | enslave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make someone a servant |
| Synonyms: | bind, capture, chain, check, circumscribe, coerce, compel, confine, deprive, disenfranchise, disfranchise, dominate, enchain, enclose, enthrall, fetter, get hooks into, hobble, hold, immure, imprison, incarcerate, indenture, jail, keep under thumb, oppress, put in irons, reduce, restrain, restrict, secure, shackle, shut in, subdue, subject, subjugate, suppress, tether, tie, yoke |
| Antonyms: | allow, emancipate, free, let go, liberate |
| Main Entry: | hitch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | join, fasten |
| Synonyms: | attach, chain, connect, couple, harness, hook, lash, make fast, moor, strap, tether, tie, unite, yoke |
| Antonyms: | disjoin, unchain, unfasten, unhitch, unlock |
| Main Entry: | knot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | weave, complicate |
| Synonyms: | bind, cord, entangle, knit, loop, secure, tat, tether, tie |
| Notes: | a nautical mile is also a geological mile or admiralty mile; a knot is the unit for measuring nautical miles |
| Antonyms: | unknot |
| Main Entry: | leash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rein |
| Synonyms: | bridle, chain, check, control, cord, curb, deterrent, hold, lead, restraint, rope, strap, tether |
| Main Entry: | leash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rein, hold |
| Synonyms: | bridle, check, clog, control, curb, entrammel, fasten, fetter, hamper, hobble, hog-tie, hold back, restrain, secure, shackle, suppress, tether, tie, tie up, trammel |
| Antonyms: | let go, release |
| Main Entry: | moor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | anchor, fasten securely |
| Synonyms: | berth, catch, chain, dock, fix, lash, make fast, picket, secure, tether, tie, tie up |
| Notes: | heath derives from Germanic for 'untilled land, open country' and originally the word 'heath' was used to denote any of the small northern and western European plants that grew on moorland, open woodland, or poor soil; a heath has sandy soil and a moor has peaty soil - but both are relatively barren tracts covered with shrubs |
| Antonyms: | loose, push off, unhitch |
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