fetter

[US]/ˈfetə(r)/
[UK]/ˈfetər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. lænker til fødderne; en kæde eller manchet, der bruges til at tilbageholde en fange, typisk omkring anklerne
vt. at sætte lænker på; at tilbageholde eller begrænse
Word Forms
Third Person Singularfetters
Past Tensefettered
Present Participlefettering
Pluralfetters
Past Participlefettered

Example Sentences

the fetters of discipline and caution.

fetrene af disciplin og forsigtighed.

be fettered by tradition

være lænket af tradition

he lay bound with fetters of iron.

han lå bundet med jernlænker.

he was not fettered by tradition.

han var ikke lænket af tradition.

They were bound up in fetters of conventionalism.

De var lænket af konventioner.

prisoners fettered by chains;

fanger lænket af kæder;

No man loves his fetters,be they made of gold.

Ingen mand elsker sine lænker, uanset om de er lavet af guld.

They will run wild freed from the fetters of control.

De vil løbe løbsk, befriet fra kontrolens lænker.

This does not mean that we wish to fetter the trade union movement.

Det betyder ikke, at vi ønsker at lænke fagforeningsbevægelsen.

for the Third Path, the non-returner path-moment erases the two weakened fetters;

for den Tredje Vej, øjeblikket uden tilbagevenden sletter de to svækkede lænker;

Real-world Examples

Young people weary of countless restrictions and fetters.

Source: High-frequency vocabulary in daily life

3 " Let us break their chains, " they say, " and throw off their fetters."

Source: Bible (original version)

I have just received your fetter and must say that I was surprised at it.

Source: Pride and Prejudice

Our deeds are fetters that we forge ourselves.

Source: Middlemarch (Part One)

He stood by the window, looking on, till the sergeant threw down the fetters and approached him.

Source: The Gadfly (Original Version)

Man has chained and fettered the spirit, but he has been utterly helpless before love.

Source: Marriage and Love

Fortunately, it was caught and fettered.

Source: Pan Pan

The fetters of her sin are upon her, and she cannot stir to come to thee.

Source: Adam Bede (Volume Four)

A dark man with a shaven, blue neck and long mustache, tangling in his fetters, sprang toward her and embraced her.

Source: Resurrection

Irons is here used in the sense of iron fetters, chains, or shackles, which prevent the ship from moving about freely.

Source: Southwest Associated University English Textbook

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