bridle | (noun) the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess | Synonyms: check, curb |
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(noun) headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control | - |
(verb) respond to the reins, as of horses | - |
(verb) put a bridle on | - |
(verb) anger or take offense | - |
idle | (adjective) not in action or at work | - |
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(adjective) silly or trivial | Synonyms: light |
(adjective) not in active use | Synonyms: unused |
(adjective) lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility | Synonyms: loose |
(adjective) not having a job | Synonyms: jobless, out of work |
(adjective) not yielding a return | Synonyms: dead |
(adjective) without a basis in reason or fact | Synonyms: baseless, groundless, unfounded, unwarranted, wild |
(noun) the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling | - |
(verb) run disconnected or idle | Synonyms: tick over |
(verb) be idle; exist in a changeless situation | Synonyms: laze, slug, stagnate |
idleness | (noun) having no employment | Synonyms: idling, loafing |
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(noun) the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work | Synonyms: faineance |
(noun) the quality of lacking substance or value | Synonyms: groundlessness |
idler | (noun) person who does no work | Synonyms: bum, do-nothing, layabout, loafer |
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lidless | (adjective) not having or covered with a lid or lids | - |
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(adjective) always watchful | Synonyms: sleepless |
(adjective) having no lid | - |
ridley | (noun) a marine turtle | - |
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sidle | (verb) move sideways | Synonyms: sashay |
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(verb) move unobtrusively or furtively | - |
unbridle | (verb) remove the bridle from (a horse or mule) | - |
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unbridled | (adjective) not restrained or controlled | Synonyms: unchecked, uncurbed, ungoverned |
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