Trammel (Verb)
Meaning 1
Catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The dense underbrush trammels many a careless explorer.
- Laws and societal norms trammel his creativity.
- The heavy debts trammel his financial freedom.
- The strong current trammels her swimming attempts.
- Biased expectations from society trammel many young minds.
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Meaning 2
Place limits on (extent or amount or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The new policy will trammel the hours that employees are allowed to work overtime.
- To protect the environment, the government may trammel the number of tourists allowed to visit the island each year.
- These regulations were put in place to trammel the amount of sugar that can be added to food products.
- The company's new parental leave policy will trammel the number of weeks that new parents can take off work.
- Laws were passed to trammel the use of drones in restricted airspace.
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- Constrain
- Restrain
- Tie
- Mark Off
- Cramp
- Demarcate
- Cumber
- Hamper
- Clamp Down
- Draw The Line
- Stiffen
- Tighten Up
- Delimitate
- Reduce
- Gate
- Scant
- Strangle