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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun halter has 4 senses
- halter(n = noun.artifact) hackamore - rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading; Array is a part of harness
- halter(n = noun.artifact) hangman's halter, hangman's rope, hemp, hempen necktie - a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging; Array is a part of gallows
- halter(n = noun.artifact) Array - a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered; Array is a kind of top
- halter(n = noun.animal) balancer, haltere - either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight; Array is a kind of wing
is a kind of headgear
has parts: noose, running noose, slip noose
is a kind of rope
Derived form verb halter1
is a part of dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects
Verb halter has 2 senses
- halter(v = verb.social) Array - hang with a halter; Array is one way to hang, string up
- halter(v = verb.change) cramp, hamper, strangle - 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" is one way to bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel
Derived form noun halter2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
halter, n.
One who halts or limps; a cripple. [1913 Webster]
halter, n. [OE. halter, helter, helfter, AS. hælftre; akin to G. halfter, D. halfter, halster, and also to E. helve. See Helve.].
A strong strap or cord. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"No man e'er felt the halter draw
With good opinion of the law." [1913 Webster]
With good opinion of the law." [1913 Webster]
halter, v. t.
To tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a halter on; to subject to a hangman's halter. Shak. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
halter, n. & v.
--n.
1 a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for horses or cattle.
2 a a strap round the back of a woman's neck holding her dress-top and leaving her shoulders and back bare. b a dress-top held by this.
3 a a rope with a noose for hanging a person. b death by hanging.
--v.tr.
1 put a halter on (a horse etc.).
2 hang (a person) with a halter.
--n.
1 a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for horses or cattle.
2 a a strap round the back of a woman's neck holding her dress-top and leaving her shoulders and back bare. b a dress-top held by this.
3 a a rope with a noose for hanging a person. b death by hanging.
--v.tr.
1 put a halter on (a horse etc.).
2 hang (a person) with a halter.
Idiom
halter-break accustom (a horse) to a halter.
Etymology
OE h{aelig}lftre: cf. HELVE
THESAURUS
halter
Oregon boat, ax, back band, backstrap, bearing rein, bellyband, bilbo, bit, blinders, blinds, block, bond, bonds, breeching, bridle, camisole, caparison, cavesson, chains, checkrein, cheekpiece, chinband, cinch, collar, cross, crownband, crupper, cuffs, curb, death chair, death chamber, drop, electric chair, fetter, gag, gag swivel, gallows, gallows-tree, gas chamber, gibbet, girth, guillotine, gyves, hackamore, hames, hametugs, hamper, handcuffs, harness, headgear, headstall, hemp, hempen collar, hip straps, hitch up, hobbles, hook up, hopples, hot seat, irons, jaquima, jerk line, leading strings, leash, lethal chamber, lines, maiden, manacle, martingale, muzzle, noose, noseband, pillory, pole strap, reins, restraint, restraints, ribbons, rope, saddle, scaffold, shackle, shaft tug, side check, snaffle, stake, stocks, straightjacket, strait-waistcoat, straitjacket, stranglehold, surcingle, tack, tackle, tether, the chair, trammel, trammels, trappings, tree, tug, winker braces, yokeROGET THESAURUS
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Connection
N connection, vinculum, link, connective, connection, junction, bond of union, copula, hyphen, intermedium, bracket, bridge, stepping-stone, isthmus, bond, tendon, tendril, fiber, cord, cordage, riband, ribbon, rope, guy, cable, line, halser, hawser, painter, moorings, wire, chain, string, fastener, fastening, tie, ligament, ligature, strap, tackle, rigging, standing rigging, running rigging, traces, harness, yoke, band ribband, bandage, brace, roller, fillet, inkle, with, withe, withy, thong, braid, girder, tiebeam, girth, girdle, cestus, garter, halter, noose, lasso, surcingle, knot, running knot, cabestro, cinch, lariat, legadero, oxreim, suspenders, pin, corking pin, nail, brad, tack, skewer, staple, corrugated fastener, clamp, U-clamp, C-clamp, cramp, cramp iron, ratchet, detent, larigo, pawl, terret, treenail, screw, button, buckle, clasp, hasp, hinge, hank, catch, latch, bolt, latchet, tag, tooth, hook, hook and eye, lock, holdfast, padlock, rivet, anchor, grappling iron, trennel, stake, post, cement, glue, gum, paste, size, wafer, solder, lute, putty, birdlime, mortar, stucco, plaster, grout, viscum, shackle, rein, prop.Prison
N prison, prison house, jail, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell, stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon, dungeon, Bastille, oubliette, bridewell, house of correction, hulks, tollbooth, panopticon, penitentiary, guardroom, lockup, hold, round house, watch house, station house, sponging house, station, house of detention, black hole, pen, fold, pound, inclosure, isolation (exclusion), penal settlement, penal colony, bilboes, stocks, limbo, quod, calaboose, chauki, choky, thana, workhouse, Newgate, Fleet, Marshalsea, King's Bench, Queen's Bench, bond, bandage, irons, pinion, gyve, fetter, shackle, trammel, manacle, handcuff, straight jacket, strait jacket, strait-jacket, strait-waistcoat, hopples, vice, vise, yoke, collar, halter, harness, muzzle, gag, bit, brake, curb, snaffle, bridle, rein, reins, bearing rein, martingale, leading string, tether, picket, band, guy, chain, cord, cavesson, hackamore, headstall, jaquima, lines, ribbons, bolt, deadbolt, bar, lock, police lock, combination lock, padlock, rail, wall, stone wall, paling, palisade, fence, picket fence, barbed wire fence, Cyclone fence, stockade fence, chain-link fence, barrier, barricade, drag.Scourge
N scourge, rod, cane, stick, ratan, rattan, birch, birch rod, azote, blacksnake, bullwhack, chicote, kurbash, quirt, rawhide, sjambok, rod in pickle, switch, ferule, cudgel, truncheon, whip, bullwhip, lash, strap, thong, cowhide, knout, cat, cat o'nine tails, rope's end, pillory, stocks, whipping post, cucking stool, ducking stool, brank, trebuchet, trebuket, triangle, wooden horse, iron maiden, thumbscrew, boot, rack, wheel, iron heel, chinese water torture, treadmill, crank, galleys, scaffold, block, ax, guillotine, stake, cross, gallows, gibbet, tree, drop, noose, rope, halter, bowstring, death chair, electric chair, gas chamber, lethal injection, firing squad, mecate, house of correction, goaler, jailer, executioner, electrocutioner, lyncher, hangman, headsman, Jack Ketch.
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