different between bridle vs traces

English

Etymology

From Middle English bridel, from Old English br?del, from Proto-Germanic *brigdilaz (“strap, rein”), equivalent to braid +? -le.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?a?d?l/
• Homophone: bridal
• Rhymes: -a?d?l

Noun

bridle (plural bridles)

1. The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.
   • 1961, J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês," Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92, p. 457:

     […] the horseman, who is the user of bridles and knows their use

2. (figuratively) A restraint; a curb; a check.
   • 1729, Isaac Watts, The Doctrine of the Passions explain'd and improv'd

     Let wisdom put a bridle on them before they are grown head-strong and unruly

3. A length of line or cable attached to two parts of something to spread the force of a pull, as the rigging on a kite for attaching line.
4. A mooring hawser.
5. A piece in the interior of a gunlock which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.
6. A gesture expressing pride or vanity.

Derived terms

• bridle path
• bridlewise
• scold's bridle

Translations

Verb

bridle (third-person singular simple present bridles, present participle bridling, simple past and past participle bridled)

1. (transitive) To put a bridle on.
   • 1835, Joseph Rodmand Drake, The Culprit Fay

     He bridled her mouth with a silkweed twist.

2. (transitive) To check, restrain, or control with, or as if with, a bridle; as in bridle your tongue.
   • 1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace

     Savoy and Nice, the keys of Italy, and the citadel in her hands to bridle Switzerland, are in that consolidation.

3. (intransitive) To show hostility or resentment.

   Immigrant-rights and religious organizations bridled at the plan to favor highly skilled workers over relatives. (Houston Chronicle, 6/8/2007)

4. (intransitive) To hold up one's head proudly or affectedly.

Synonyms

• restrain

Derived terms

• unbridle

Translations

Anagrams

• birled

Middle English

Noun

bridle

1. Alternative form of bridel

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?e?s?z/

Noun

traces

1. plural of trace
2. (uncountable) minute remnants

Verb

traces

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trace

Anagrams

• Cartes, Caster, Cestar, acters, carest, carets, cartes, caster, caters, crates, creats, racest, reacts, recast, rescat, reäcts

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?t?a.s?s/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?t?a.ses/

Noun

traces

1. plural of traça

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?as/
• Rhymes: -as

Noun

traces f

1. plural of trace

Verb

traces

1. second-person singular present indicative of tracer
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of tracer

Anagrams

• cartes, castre, castré, écarts, terças

Middle English

Noun

traces

1. plural of trace

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?t?a?es/, [?t??a.?es]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?t?ases/, [?t??a.ses]

Verb

traces

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of trazar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of trazar.