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HANDCUFF
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
Synonyms:
cuff; handcuff; handlock; manacle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("handcuff" is a kind of...):
bond; hamper; shackle; trammel (a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner))
Derivation:
handcuff (confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they handcuff ... he / she / it handcuffs
Past simple: handcuffed
Past participle: handcuffed
-ing form: handcuffing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs
Example:
The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime
Synonyms:
cuff; handcuff; manacle
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "handcuff" is one way to...):
fetter; shackle (restrain with fetters)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to handcuff the prisoners
Derivation:
handcuff (shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs)
Context examples:
He was a man of such gigantic strength that, even with the handcuffs which Holmes had so deftly fastened upon his wrists, he would have very quickly overpowered my friend had Hopkins and I not rushed to his rescue.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“You might remove the handcuffs,” he said that night, as we stood in consultation over him. “It’s dead safe. I’m a paralytic now. The next thing to watch out for is bed sores.”
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
