gyve

verb

Definition of gyvenext
as in to bind
to confine or restrain with or as if with chains a woman who was gyved by a fear of being alone in the world

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gyve
  1. bind
  2. tie
  3. fetter
Verb
  • The five-member commission held a 40-minute executive session to discuss legal strategies but took no binding action.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
  • And even as experts point to overwhelming data on vaccine safety, the raw and immediate accounts — delivered straight to the movement’s followers — provide a narrative that public health officials, bound by evidence and constrained by institutional caution, struggle to counter.
    — Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of bind
Verb
  • Tristan Fraser tied the game, beating BU goalie Mikhail Yegorov a mere 59 seconds in.
    — Staff report, Hartford Courant, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Justin Theroux and Nicole Brydon Bloom tied the knot in style!
    — Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of tie
Verb
  • Our vote, secret and simple, not fettered by any AI or the eyes of an authoritarian who threatens those who disagree with him, ensures that our union endures.
    — John D. Witiak, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2024
  • Ruskin felt insulted and legally fettered by the verdict.
    — Adrian Dannatt, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2023
Definition of fetter
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“Gyve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gyve. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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