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Search phrase: bridle

Plays

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All's Well That Ends WellAW III.ii.27This is not well, rash and unbridled boy,This is not well rash and vnbridled boy,
The Comedy of ErrorsCE II.i.13O, know he is the bridle of your will.Oh, know he is the bridle of your will. 
The Comedy of ErrorsCE II.i.14There's none but asses will be bridled so.There's none but asses will be bridled so. 
Henry VH5 III.vii.49Mine was not bridled.Mine was not bridled.
Henry VI Part 22H6 I.i.198In what we can to bridle and suppressIn what we can, to bridle and suppresse
Henry VI Part 22H6 IV.vii.99I'll bridle it. He shall die, an it be but for pleading soIle bridle it: he shall dye, and it bee but for pleading so
Henry VI Part 33H6 IV.iv.19This is it that makes me bridle passionThis is it that makes me bridle passion,
King Edward IIIE3 III.ii.65Upon the left his hot unbridled son,Vpon the lefte is hot vnbridled sonne,
The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.i.72away, how her bridle was burst, how I lost my crupperaway, how her bridle was burst: how I lost my crupper,
Troilus and CressidaTC III.ii.120My thoughts were like unbridled children, grownMy thoughts were like vnbrideled children grow

Poems

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Venus and AdonisVen.37 The studded bridle on a ragged bough The studded bridle on a ragged bough,

Glossary

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bridlecurb, restrain, keep control of
headstallpart of a horse's bridle that goes over the head
snafflebridle-bit
unbittedunbridled, unrestrained, compelling
unyokedunbridled, unrestrained, rampant

Thesaurus

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bridle-bitsnaffle
bridle-part that goes over a horse's headheadstall
head, horse's bridle-part that goes over theheadstall
horse, bridle-part that goes over the headheadstall
unbridledunbitted
unbridledunyoked

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BRIDLEBASICbridle n, bridle v, bridled adj
BRIDLENOTunbridled adj
UNBRIDLEDBASICsee BRIDLE

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