English > trammel: 6 senses > verb 2, change| Meaning | place limits on (extent or access). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Synonyms | restrict, limit, bound, confine, throttle |
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| Narrower | clamp down, crack down | repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable) |
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| demarcate, delimit, delimitate | Set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something |
| draw the line, draw a line | Reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on) |
| gate | restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory / dormitory or campus as a means / means of punishment |
| hamper, halter, cramp, strangle | prevent the progress or free movement of |
| mark off, mark out | Set boundaries to and delimit |
| reduce, tighten | Narrow or limit |
| restrain, encumber, cumber | hold back |
| scant, skimp | Limit in quality or quantity |
| stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain | restrict |
| tie | Limit or restrict to |
| Spanish | estrangular, limitar, restringir |
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| Catalan | estrangular, limitar, restringir |
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| Nouns | trammel | a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) |
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