verb · transitive · rare

handcuff

handcuff · handcuffs · handcuffed · handcuffing

заковывать

fesseln

To apply handcuffs to someoneTo apply handcuffs to someone.

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/ˈhændˌkʌf/

» Tom said that he'd been handcuffed.

Том сказав, що на нього одягнули наручники. — deniko

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Meaning

2 senses

(transitive)To apply handcuffs to someone.
fesseln
confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs
(figuratively, transitive)To restrain or restrict.
Dang, I’m handcuffed by these regulations. I’d like to help but it’d be illegal.

Examples

182 sentences

Tom said that he'd been handcuffed.
Том сказав, що на нього одягнули наручники. — deniko
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Put handcuffs on him.
Одягни на нього наручники. — deniko
ruНадень на него наручники. — odexed
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They tried to handcuff Tom.
Вони намагалися одягнути на Тома наручники. — deniko
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Tom is handcuffed.
Том у наручниках. — deniko
ruТом в наручниках. — marafon
deTom ist in Handschellen gelegt. — Felixjp
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Tom isn't likely to be handcuffed.
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Translations

7 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to apply handcuffs:

Origin

From hand + cuff (“end of shirtsleeve”). Possibly an adaptation of Middle English handcops

From hand + cuff (“end of shirtsleeve”). Possibly an adaptation of Middle English handcops (“shackles for the hand, handcuffs”), from Old English handcops, from hand + cops, cosp (“fetter, chains”), but due to a lack of continuity (centuries between Old English and the modern term), generally analyzed as a re-invention. Nominal form first appears c. 1591 in the publications of John Florio. Verbal form first appears c. 1649.

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Forms

handcuffs, handcuffing, handcuffed, handcuffed

Base form	handcuff · to handcuff
3rd person singular	handcuffs
Present participle	handcuffing
Past simple	handcuffed
Past participle	handcuffed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	handcuff
he, she, it	handcuffs

Past simpleLesson

all persons

handcuffed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have handcuffed
he, she, it	has handcuffed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will handcuff

Synonyms

2 synonyms

apply handcuffs to:manacle

Close in meaning

confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs:manacle cuff

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

4 patterns

put handcuffs on
to be handcuffed
put handcuffs
will be handcuffed