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shackled

shackled adjective: restrained by shackles, chained. Also the simple past and past participle of shackle.

Adjective

shackled (not comparable)

  1. Restrained by shackles, chained.

Also used as

shackled is also the simple past and past participle of shackle.

Questions about shackled

What does shackled mean?
Shackled means restrained by shackles, chained.
What part of speech is shackled?
Shackled is an adjective.

Words near shackled in the dictionary

  1. shackle joint
  2. shackle joints
  3. shackle-bone
  4. shackle-bones
  5. Shacklean
  6. shackled
  7. shackledom
  8. Shackleford
  9. Shacklefords
  10. shackleless
  11. shackler

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