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Noun, Verb (transitive)
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun fetter has 1 sense

Verb fetter has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

fettern. [AS. fetor, feter; akin to OS. feter, pl., OD. veter, OHG. fezzera, Icel. fjöturr, L. pedica, Gr. pe`dh, and to E. foot. Foot.].
  •  A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle.  [1913 Webster]
    "[They] bound him with fetters of brass."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.  [1913 Webster]
    "Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound."  [1913 Webster]
fetterv. t. [imp. & p. p. Fettered (); p. pr. & vb. n. Fettering.].
  •  To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.  [1913 Webster]
    "My heels are fettered, but my fist is free."  [1913 Webster]
  •  To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations.  [1913 Webster]
    "My conscience! thou art fettered
    More than my shanks and wrists.
    "  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fetter, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a shackle for holding a prisoner by the ankles. b any shackle or bond.
2 (in pl.) captivity.
3 a restraint or check.
--v.tr.
1 put into fetters.
2 restrict, restrain, impede.

Etymology
OE feter f. Gmc

THESAURUS

fetter

Oregon boat, anchor, arrest, bearing rein, bilbo, bind, bit, bond, bonds, brake, bridle, burden, camisole, chain, chains, check, checkrein, chock, clog, collar, countercheck, cramp, cripple, cuffs, cumber, curb, curb bit, damper, doorstop, drag, drag sail, drift anchor, drift sail, drogue, embarrass, enchain, encumber, enmesh, ensnarl, entangle, entoil, entrammel, entrap, entwine, fasten, gag, gyve, gyves, halter, hamper, hamstring, handcuff, handcuffs, handicap, harness, hitch up, hobble, hobbles, hog-tie, holdback, hook up, hopple, hopples, impede, involve, irons, lame, lash, leading strings, leash, lime, lumber, make fast, manacle, martingale, moor, muzzle, net, peg down, pelham, picket, pillory, pin down, pinion, press down, put in irons, reins, remora, restrain, restraint, restraints, rope, saddle, saddle with, scotch, sea anchor, secure, shackle, snaffle, snarl, spoke, stay, stocks, stop, straightjacket, strait-waistcoat, straitjacket, stranglehold, strap, tangle, tether, tie, tie down, tie up, toil, trammel, trammels, weigh down, yoke

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Junction

VB join, unite, conjoin, connect, associate, put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together, tack together, fix together, bind up together together, embody, reembody, roll into one, attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast, tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, stitch, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain, fetter, lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple, link, yoke, bracket, marry, bridge over, span, braze, pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet, impact, solder, set, weld together, fuse together, wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase, graft, ingraft, inosculate, entwine, intwine, interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, entangle, twine round, belay, tighten, trice up, screw up, be joined, hang together, hold together, cohere.

Restraint

VB restrain, check, put under restraint, lay under restraint, enthral, enthrall, inthral, inthrall, bethral, bethrall, restrict, debar, constrain, coerce, curb, control, hold back, hold from, hold in, hold in check, hold within bounds, keep back, keep from, keep in, keep in check, keep within bounds, hold in leash, hold in leading strings, withhold, keep under, repress, suppress, smother, pull in, rein in, hold, hold fast, keep a tight hand on, prohibit, inhibit, cohibit, enchain, fasten, fetter, shackle, entrammel, bridle, muzzle, hopple, gag, pinion, manacle, handcuff, tie one's hands, hobble, bind hand and foot, swathe, swaddle, pin down, tether, picket, tie down, tie up, secure, forge fetters, disable, hamstring (incapacitate), confine, shut up, shut in, clap up, lock up, box up, mew up, bottle up, cork up, seal up, button up, hem in, bolt in, wall in, rail in, impound, pen, coop, inclose, cage, incage, encage, close the door upon, cloister, imprison, immure, incarcerate, entomb, clap under hatches, lay under hatches, put in irons, put in a strait-waistcoat, throw into prison, cast into prison, put into bilboes, arrest, take up, take charge of, take into custody, take prisoner, take captive, make prisoner, make captive, captivate, lead captive, lead into captivity, send to prison, commit to prison, commit, give in charge, give in custody, subjugate.

Prison

N prison, prison house, jail, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell, stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon, dungeon, Bastille, oubliette, bridewell, house of correction, hulks, tollbooth, panopticon, penitentiary, guardroom, lockup, hold, round house, watch house, station house, sponging house, station, house of detention, black hole, pen, fold, pound, inclosure, isolation (exclusion), penal settlement, penal colony, bilboes, stocks, limbo, quod, calaboose, chauki, choky, thana, workhouse, Newgate, Fleet, Marshalsea, King's Bench, Queen's Bench, bond, bandage, irons, pinion, gyve, fetter, shackle, trammel, manacle, handcuff, straight jacket, strait jacket, strait-jacket, strait-waistcoat, hopples, vice, vise, yoke, collar, halter, harness, muzzle, gag, bit, brake, curb, snaffle, bridle, rein, reins, bearing rein, martingale, leading string, tether, picket, band, guy, chain, cord, cavesson, hackamore, headstall, jaquima, lines, ribbons, bolt, deadbolt, bar, lock, police lock, combination lock, padlock, rail, wall, stone wall, paling, palisade, fence, picket fence, barbed wire fence, Cyclone fence, stockade fence, chain-link fence, barrier, barricade, drag.

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