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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Bridling (0.01528 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Bridling.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: bridle
kekang, kekangan, menahan, mengekang
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bridle
bridle
n 1: headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins
to give the rider or driver control
2: the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess;
“his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper” [syn:
check,
curb]
bridle
v 1: put a bridle on;
“bridle horses”
2: respond to the reins, as of horses
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bridling
Bridle
\Bri"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Bridled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bridling.]
1. To put a bridle upon; to equip with a bridle; as, to
bridle a horse.
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He bridled her mouth with a silkweed twist. --Drake.
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2. To restrain, guide, or govern, with, or as with, a bridle;
to check, curb, or control; as, to bridle the passions; to
bridle a muse. --Addison.
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Savoy and Nice, the keys of Italy, and the citadel
in her hands to bridle Switzerland, are in that
consolidation. --Burke.
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Syn: To check; restrain; curb; govern; control; repress;
master; subdue.
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