halter

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I - noun

1. rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
hackamore
• Hypernyms:
headgear
• Part Holonyms:
harness
2. a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
• Syn:
hangman's rope, hangman's halter, hemp, hempen necktie
• Hypernyms:
rope
• Part Holonyms:
gallows
• Part Meronyms:
noose, running noose, slip noose
3. a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered
• Hypernyms:
top
4. either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects;
used for maintaining equilibrium during flight
• Syn:
haltere, balancer
• Derivationally related forms:
balance (for: balancer)
• Hypernyms:
wing
• Part Holonyms:
dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron

II - verb

1. hang with a halter
• Hypernyms:
hang, string up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. prevent the progress or free movement of
- He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather
- the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries
• Syn:
hamper, cramp, strangle
• Derivationally related forms:
hamper (for: hamper)
• Hypernyms:
restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound,
confine, throttle
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  haltere, balancer, hangman's rope, hangman's halter, hemp, hempen necktie, hackamore, hamper, cramp, strangle