bridle

«bridle» in Mova's school dictionary: The straps, metal bit and reins put on a horse's head to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a bridle, bridles); verb (bridle, bridles, bridled, bridling)

meaning for a pupil

1) The straps, metal bit and reins put on a horse's head to control it. tree →

2) (verb) To put a bridle on a horse. tree →

3) (verb) To show sudden anger or offence, often by pulling your head up: «she bridled at the remark». tree →

4) (verb) To control or hold back something, like your temper. tree →

sense in the lessons

In riding lessons and stories about horses, you put on the saddle and bridle. In stories, a character bridles when insulted. A bridleway (UK) is a path for horses, walkers and bikes.

examples

• She put the bridle on the pony. tree →
• The horse shook its head against the bridle. tree →
• He bridled at being called a baby. tree →
• Hold the reins of the bridle gently. tree →
• We rode along a bridleway through the forest. tree →
• My horse, and bridle, and saddle!" tree →

note

Do not confuse with «bridal» (about a bride, a wedding) – they sound the same.

In the corpora

• A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
• For He hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, and they have cast off the bridle before me.
• Who shall come within his double bridle?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bridle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.