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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bridle/#m1)

2) (verb) To put a bridle on a horse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bridle/#m2)

3) (verb) To show sudden anger or offence, often by pulling your head up: «she bridled at the remark». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bridle/#m3)

4) (verb) To control or hold back something, like your temper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bridle/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bridle/#x1)
- The horse shook its head against the bridle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bridle/#x2)
- He bridled at being called a baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bridle/#x3)
- Hold the reins of the bridle gently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bridle/#x4)
- We rode along a bridleway through the forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bridle/#x5)
- My horse, and bridle, and saddle!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bridle/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.752/)
- [For He hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, and they have cast off the bridle before me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.759/)
- [Who shall come within his double bridle?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1135/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bridle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bridle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.