Noun

• S: (n) bridle (headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control)
• S: (n) bridle, check, curb (the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess) "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form

Verb

• S: (v) bridle (anger or take offense) "She bridled at his suggestion to elope"
• S: (v) bridle (put a bridle on) "bridle horses"
• S: (v) bridle (respond to the reins, as of horses)