Bridle
noun
A piece of equipment with straps and bands, fitted around a horse's head to control it.
He spent some time adjusting the bridle on his horse before the ride.
Often appears as...
- bridle path
- bridle strap
verb
To control or hold back; to restrain.
He had to bridle his anger in front of his boss.
Often appears as...
- bridle anger
- bridle enthusiasm
verb
To show anger, offense, annoyance, especially by drawing back the head and chin.
She bridled at his rude comment.
Often appears as...
- bridle at insult
- bridle at suggestion
noun
A part of a crane that regulates the inclination of the load.
The engineer carefully checked the bridle before lifting the beams.
Often appears as...
- check bridle
- adjust bridle
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noun
A piece of equipment with straps and bands, fitted around a horse's head to control it.
He spent some time adjusting the bridle on his horse before the ride.
Often appears as...
- bridle path
- bridle strap
verb
To control or hold back; to restrain.
He had to bridle his anger in front of his boss.
Often appears as...
- bridle anger
- bridle enthusiasm
verb
To show anger, offense, annoyance, especially by drawing back the head and chin.
She bridled at his rude comment.
Often appears as...
- bridle at insult
- bridle at suggestion
noun
A part of a crane that regulates the inclination of the load.
The engineer carefully checked the bridle before lifting the beams.
Often appears as...
- check bridle
- adjust bridle
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Equestrian Equipment
‘Bridle’ refers to horse riding gear. It's essential vocabulary for topics related to horsemanship or equine sports.
The riding instructor showed the novice how to put on the horse's bridle.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Just Reins
'Bridle' includes more than just the reins; it's the whole headgear for horses.
After the ride, she hung the bridle on a peg in the tack room.
Pro Tip 1/2Equestrian Equipment
‘Bridle’ refers to horse riding gear. It's essential vocabulary for topics related to horsemanship or equine sports.
The riding instructor showed the novice how to put on the horse's bridle.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Just Reins
'Bridle' includes more than just the reins; it's the whole headgear for horses.
After the ride, she hung the bridle on a peg in the tack room.
Pro Tip 1/2Equestrian Equipment
‘Bridle’ refers to horse riding gear. It's essential vocabulary for topics related to horsemanship or equine sports.
The riding instructor showed the novice how to put on the horse's bridle.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Just Reins
'Bridle' includes more than just the reins; it's the whole headgear for horses.
After the ride, she hung the bridle on a peg in the tack room.
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Reel Talk Ep. 11 -...
haikus yeah what's your best haiku uh two hundred please come I want to kill you i know i i'm fishing III I'm worried about paying attention I'm not losing any anchor the bridle I mean what are the birds doing that is wicked tuna real talk for this week want to give a big
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Erika Larsen: People of...
in a lot of parades. And you here, you told me you are wearing a war bonnet, you have, you said it's called a lance, correct? That's a lance I'm holding, yeah. And you also have the war bridle -tell me-- -And the war bridle you got to be a pretty experienced rider to
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How will we survive when...
And recycling water? It's a brake on growth and development. Above all, though, wizards object to the prophets' emphasis on wide-scale social engineering, which they see as deeply anti-democratic. If the history of the last two centuries was one of unbridled growth,
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What it takes to make...
What if each of us gave more to the world than we took from it? Everything would change. Now cynics might say that sounds too idealistic, but cynics don't create the future. And though I've learned the folly of unbridled optimism,
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When Ringling Bros....
part of it or I can say get over and then I can push her over and everybody is trained to use them properly so it's just it's a very very good tool just like using a collar and leash on a dog and a bit and bridle on a horse since
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Bill Joy: What I'm...
and who are still fighting this battle against the church. But that's the price of having a civilization. The price of retaining the rule of law is to limit the access to the great and kind of unbridled power. Thank you.
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Ross Lovegrove: The...
a car -- I don't know. I'm also interested in growth the unbridled way that nature grows things so you're not restricted by form at all. These interrelated forms, they do inspire everything I do,
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Sisonke Msimang: If a...
And so they make him say sorry. And so we stand there facing each other, and he looks at me, and he says sorry, but he looks at me with this unbridled fury. He is very, very angry.
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Are China and the US...
After 200 years of unbridled abuse towards the first Australians, it was high time that we white folks said we were sorry. The important thing --
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How to be "Team Human"...
And these are the winners of the digital economy. The digital renaissance was about the unbridled potential of the collective human imagination.
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Reel Talk Ep. 11 -...
haikus yeah what's your best haiku uh two hundred please come I want to kill you i know i i'm fishing III I'm worried about paying attention I'm not losing any anchor the bridle I mean what are the birds doing that is wicked tuna real talk for this week want to give a big
Video examples
Erika Larsen: People of...
in a lot of parades. And you here, you told me you are wearing a war bonnet, you have, you said it's called a lance, correct? That's a lance I'm holding, yeah. And you also have the war bridle -tell me-- -And the war bridle you got to be a pretty experienced rider to
Video examples
How will we survive when...
And recycling water? It's a brake on growth and development. Above all, though, wizards object to the prophets' emphasis on wide-scale social engineering, which they see as deeply anti-democratic. If the history of the last two centuries was one of unbridled growth,
Video examples
What it takes to make...
What if each of us gave more to the world than we took from it? Everything would change. Now cynics might say that sounds too idealistic, but cynics don't create the future. And though I've learned the folly of unbridled optimism,
Video examples
When Ringling Bros....
part of it or I can say get over and then I can push her over and everybody is trained to use them properly so it's just it's a very very good tool just like using a collar and leash on a dog and a bit and bridle on a horse since
Video examples
Bill Joy: What I'm...
and who are still fighting this battle against the church. But that's the price of having a civilization. The price of retaining the rule of law is to limit the access to the great and kind of unbridled power. Thank you.
Video examples
Ross Lovegrove: The...
a car -- I don't know. I'm also interested in growth the unbridled way that nature grows things so you're not restricted by form at all. These interrelated forms, they do inspire everything I do,
Video examples
Sisonke Msimang: If a...
And so they make him say sorry. And so we stand there facing each other, and he looks at me, and he says sorry, but he looks at me with this unbridled fury. He is very, very angry.
Video examples
Are China and the US...
After 200 years of unbridled abuse towards the first Australians, it was high time that we white folks said we were sorry. The important thing --
Video examples
How to be "Team Human"...
And these are the winners of the digital economy. The digital renaissance was about the unbridled potential of the collective human imagination.
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Matt Cohen
American Actor
These 'Supernatural' conventions are such a great time. The fan base is like none other, and I'm sure I'll never experience a fan base that support is the same with - their kind of unbridled decency towards the actors makes me not have to worry about going into the crowd.
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Jodi Benson
American Actress
The thing that I enjoy about animation is the fact that it is unbridled, and there are no boundaries; when you are in the room, you don't have to focus on your clothing, make-up, hair, your choreography or your blocking; you really do have total freedom.
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Guy Ritchie
British Director
It's about not letting the internal enemy, the real enemy, have his way because the more he does the stronger he becomes. The film's about the devastating results that can manifest from the internal enemy being unbridled and allowed to unleash chaos.
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Rick Perry
American Politician
I am going to give the American people a huge helping of unbridled truth: that we can't continue to spend what we are spending, that we can't avoid entitlement reform because we are afraid of third rail politics.
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William Drummond
Scottish Poet
Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.
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Gail Sheehy
American Writer
We have to move from the unbridled pursuit of self-gain at the expense of others to recovering appreciation for what we gain by caring and sharing with one another.
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Howard Schultz
American Businessman
If you don't love what you're doing with unbridled passion and enthusiasm, you're not going to succeed when you hit obstacles.
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Alexander Herzen
Russian Journalist
You can no more bridle passions with logic than you can justify them in the law courts. Passions are facts and not dogmas.
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James E. Faust
American Clergyman
Being bridled, or yielding obediently to restraint, is necessary for our personal growth and progression.
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John Lothrop Motley
American Historian
A terrible animal, indeed, is an unbridled woman.
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Matt Cohen
American Actor
These 'Supernatural' conventions are such a great time. The fan base is like none other, and I'm sure I'll never experience a fan base that support is the same with - their kind of unbridled decency towards the actors makes me not have to worry about going into the crowd.
Quote examples
Jodi Benson
American Actress
The thing that I enjoy about animation is the fact that it is unbridled, and there are no boundaries; when you are in the room, you don't have to focus on your clothing, make-up, hair, your choreography or your blocking; you really do have total freedom.
Quote examples
Guy Ritchie
British Director
It's about not letting the internal enemy, the real enemy, have his way because the more he does the stronger he becomes. The film's about the devastating results that can manifest from the internal enemy being unbridled and allowed to unleash chaos.
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Rick Perry
American Politician
I am going to give the American people a huge helping of unbridled truth: that we can't continue to spend what we are spending, that we can't avoid entitlement reform because we are afraid of third rail politics.
Quote examples
William Drummond
Scottish Poet
Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.
Quote examples
Gail Sheehy
American Writer
We have to move from the unbridled pursuit of self-gain at the expense of others to recovering appreciation for what we gain by caring and sharing with one another.
Quote examples
Howard Schultz
American Businessman
If you don't love what you're doing with unbridled passion and enthusiasm, you're not going to succeed when you hit obstacles.
Quote examples
Alexander Herzen
Russian Journalist
You can no more bridle passions with logic than you can justify them in the law courts. Passions are facts and not dogmas.
Quote examples
James E. Faust
American Clergyman
Being bridled, or yielding obediently to restraint, is necessary for our personal growth and progression.
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John Lothrop Motley
American Historian
A terrible animal, indeed, is an unbridled woman.
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