bridle

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. headgear for a horse;
includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control (Freq. 4)
• Hypernyms:
headgear
• Part Holonyms:
harness
• Part Meronyms:
bit, cheekpiece, headstall, headpiece, noseband,
nosepiece, rein
2. the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
- his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper
• Syn:
check, curb
• Derivationally related forms:
curb (for: curb), check (for: check)
• Hypernyms:
restraint

II - verb

1. anger or take offense
- She bridled at his suggestion to elope
• Hypernyms:
anger, see red
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. put a bridle on
- bridle horses
• Ant:
unbridle
• Hypernyms:
restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain
• Hyponyms:
snaffle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. respond to the reins, as of horses
• Hypernyms:
answer, reply, respond
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  check, curb