bridle
bri
ˈbraÉĒ
brai
dle
dəl
dēl
/bɚˈa‍ÉĒdə‍l/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "bridle"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻŽ, āύāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϞ

a device placed on a horse's head, used by a rider to guide and control the horse's movements
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The leather of the bridle creaked softly as the horse turned its head.
āĻ˜ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻžāϞ⧇ āϞāĻ—āĻžāĻŽ āĻāϰ āϚāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āύāϰāĻŽāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻĄāĻŧā§āĻ•āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻŽ, āϏāĻ‚āϝāĻŽ

an act of restraining oneself or holding back
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The diplomat had to hold a bridle on his words during the tense negotiations.
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāύāĻžāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧂āϟāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāĻĄāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of a horse) to react or adjust movement in response to pressure from the reins
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With a light touch, he made the horse bridle to the left.
āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ˜ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϞāĻ—āĻžāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϞāĻ—āĻžāĻŽ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦā§āϰāĻžāχāĻĄā§‡āϞ āĻĒāϰāĻžāύ⧋

to equip a horse with headgear that includes reins and a bit, allowing the rider to guide or control it
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She bridled the mare with practiced ease.
āϏ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­ā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āϏāĻšāϜāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ˜ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϏ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āϗ⧇ āϰ⧇āϗ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻ– āϞāĻžāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤

to show sudden, and often visible, resentment
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He bridled with indignation at the unfair remark.
āĻ…āύ⧁āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āϰāĻžāϗ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻ•ā§āώ⧁āĻŦā§āϧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āϞāĨ¤
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