| VERB | change | hamper, halter, cramp, strangle | prevent the progress or free movement of |
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| competition | hamper, handicap, hinder | put at a disadvantage | |
| NOUN | artifact | hamper, shackle, bond, trammel | a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) |
| artifact | hamper | a basket usually with a cover |
| Sounds | hhae'mper | |
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| Rhymes | asper ... zipper: 139 rhymes with per... | |
| Meaning | A restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner). | |
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| Synonyms | shackle, bond, trammel | |
| Narrower | ball and chain | Heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain |
| fetter, hobble | A shackle for the ankles or feet | |
| handcuff, cuff, handlock, manacle | shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist | |
| irons, chains | metal shackles | |
| Broader | restraint, constraint | A device that retards something's motion / motion |
| Spanish | cadenas, cuerdas, grillete, trabas | |
| Catalan | cadenes, cordes, traves | |
| Verbs | hamper | prevent the progress or free movement of |
| hamper | put at a disadvantage | |
| Meaning | A basket usually with a cover. | |
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| Narrower | clothes hamper, laundry basket, clothes basket, voider | A hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried |
| food hamper | A hamper for packing and transporting food | |
| Broader | basket, handbasket | A container that is usually woven and has handles |
| Spanish | canasta, cesta | |
| Catalan | canastra | |
| Meaning | prevent the progress or free movement of. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather" | |
| Synonyms | halter, cramp, strangle | |
| Broader | restrict, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle | place limits on (extent or access) |
| Spanish | acalambrar, dificultar, estrangular, obstaculizar | |
| Catalan | dificultar, obstaculitzar | |
| Nouns | hamper | a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) |
| Meaning | put at a disadvantage. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | handicap, hinder | |
| Broader | disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour | put at a disadvantage |
| Catalan | dificultar | |
| Nouns | hamper | a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) |
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