A rich vocabulary is what distinguishes an educated, well-read person. Such a person uses many epithets, metaphors, comparisons, hyperbole and other literary devices in his speech. In addition to all this, eloquence involves the use of not only primitive words, but also those that are rarely found in everyday life.
Meaning of the verb "bridle"
The verb to bridle was originally associated with horses, in this sense it means "to put a bridle on a horse": Take a tighter bridle and curb this restive steed.
Besides the main meaning, there are several figurative ones. To restrain is to restrain someone or something: It will not be difficult to restrain the aggressor if we take up the cause as a whole.
Morphological properties
Curb - transitive, irrevocable perfective verb, first conjugation. Its pair is the imperfective verb "bridle".
Curb: synonyms
The verb "bridle" has several synonyms that accurately express itvalue.
Reining is:
- To pinch. (Need to pinch this scoundrel properly so that it would be discourteous to intrigue my friends).
- Pacify. (To bridle means to tame a horse with a harness and bridle.)
- Tame. (Señor Bonvetto spent more than a year taming the obstinate bride).
- Get in line. (Take care of your son yourself, otherwise I will do it).
- Humble. (To humble the new slaves and force them to obey his will, Antonio used rods and starved the unfortunate.)
- Contain. (You need to learn to control your temper, no one has to put up with your wild antics.)
- Moderate. (We advise you to moderate your ardor).
- Call to order. (The lighthouse keeper called to order the naughty boys he sheltered during severe weather.)
- Briddle. (Bridling is the same as bridling.)
- Subdue. (Mustafa could not manage to subdue the obstinate slaves).
