bitted

as ininhibit
as inhold back
as incheck
as incurb
as inhold back/hold off

Synonyms for bitted

verb restrict, prevent

Antonyms for bitted

Word Origin & History

"small piece," c.1200; related Old English bite "act of biting," and bita "piece bitten off," probably are the source of the modern words meaning "boring-piece of a drill" (1590s), "mouthpiece of a horse's bridle" (mid-14c.), and "a piece bitten off, morsel" (c.1000). All from Proto-Germanic *biton (cf. Old Saxon biti, Old Norse bit, Old Frisian bite, Middle Dutch bete, Old High German bizzo "biting," German Bissen "a bite, morsel"), from PIE root *bheid- "to split" (see fissure).

Meaning "small piece, fragment" is from c.1600. Sense of "short space of time" is 1650s. Theatrical bit part is from 1909. Money sense in two bits, etc. is originally from Southern U.S. and West Indies, in reference to silver wedges cut or stamped from Spanish dollars (later Mexican reals); transferred to "eighth of a dollar."

Example Sentences for bitted

They're young thorough-breds,—most of them never backed; some not bitted.

So he was to be bitted and bridled, it seemed, in the future.

So bitted as to enable the cable to be nipped or rendered with ease.

He rides the biggest whirlwind—he has got it saddled and bitted.

That great river, the river Euphrates, is bitted with its girders and caissons.

Even the allwisest Stagyrite was bitted, bridled and mounted by a light of love.

His reckless impulses and desires were bitted and diverted into accomplishment.

Cuculain felt for his head in the dark, and bitted and bridled him ere he was aware.

When starting two new horses it is as well to do so with the couplings level and bitted cheek all round.

It was impossible; so giving his orders stoutly and sharply, the horses were bitted and the girths tightened.