NOUN | artifact | bridle | headgear for a horse |
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act | bridle, check, curb | the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess | |
VERB | emotion | bridle | anger or take offense |
contact | bridle | put a bridle on | |
communication | bridle | respond to the reins, as of horses |
Sounds | bray'dahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control. | |
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Part of | harness | stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart |
Parts | bit | Piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding |
cheekpiece | Either of two straps of a bridle that connect the bit to the headpiece | |
headstall, headpiece | The band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head | |
noseband, nosepiece | A strap that is the part of a bridle that goes over the animal's nose | |
rein | One of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse | |
Broader | headgear | stable gear consisting of any part of a harness that fits about the horse's head |
Spanish | brida | |
Catalan | brida | |
Verbs | bridle | respond to the reins, as of horses |
bridle | put a bridle on |
Meaning | The act of restraining power or action or limiting excess. | |
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Example | "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper" | |
Synonyms | check, curb | |
Broader | restraint | The act of controlling by restraining someone or something |
Spanish | freno | |
Catalan | fre |
Meaning | Anger or take offense. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Example | "She bridled at his suggestion to elope" | |
Broader | anger, see red | Become angry |
Meaning | put a bridle on. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "bridle horses" | |
Narrower | snaffle | fit or restrain with a snaffle |
Broader | restrain, encumber, cumber | hold back |
Opposite | unbridle | Remove the bridle from (a horse or mule) |
Spanish | embridar | |
Nouns | bridle | headgear for a horse |
Meaning | respond to the reins, as of horses. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Broader | answer, reply, respond | React verbally |
Nouns | bridle | headgear for a horse |
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