Thesaurus / bitted
FEEDBACKsynonyms for bitted
synonyms for bitted
- bit
- bridle
- check
- control
- curb
- defer
- delay
- deny
- forbear
- hold down
- hold in
- hold off
- inhibit
- keep
- keep back
- keep out
- postpone
- prevent
- put off
- refrain
- refuse
- restrain
- stop
- suppress
- withhold
- arrest
- control
- curb
- halt
- prevent
- reduce
- stop
- baffle
- bar
- bit
- bottleneck
- bridle
- checkmate
- choke
- circumvent
- constrain
- counteract
- delay
- discourage
- foil
- frustrate
- harness
- hold
- impede
- inhibit
- interrupt
- limit
- moderate
- neutralize
- obstruct
- obviate
- pause
- preclude
- rebuff
- repress
- repulse
- retard
- snub
- squelch
- stay
- suppress
- tame
- terminate
- thwart
- withhold
- cut short
- hold back
- hold down
- hold in
- keep back
- nip in the bud
- play for time
- rein in
- slacken pace
- slow down
- constrain
- contain
- control
- hamper
- hinder
- impede
- inhibit
- restrain
- suppress
- tame
- abstain
- bit
- bridle
- check
- deny
- fetter
- hobble
- hog-tie
- hold down
- ice
- leash
- manacle
- moderate
- muzzle
- refrain
- retard
- scrub
- shackle
- subdue
- tie
- withhold
- bottle up
- box in
- bring to screeching halt
- cool down
- cool off
- entrammel
- hold back
- hold in
- keep lid on
- keep tight rein on
- rein in
- send up
- tie up
- bit
- bridle
- check
- control
- curb
- defer
- delay
- deny
- forbear
- hold down
- hold in
- inhibit
- keep
- keep back
- keep out
- postpone
- prevent
- put off
- refrain
- refuse
- restrain
- stop
- suppress
- withhold
antonyms for bitted
MOST RELEVANT
- aid
- allow
- assist
- continue
- encourage
- help
- let go
- abet
- advance
- approve
- facilitate
- forward
- free
- permit
- release
- expedite
- indulge
- liberate
- advance
- aid
- allow
- assist
- encourage
- facilitate
- forward
- free
- help
- let go
- permit
- promote
- release
- go ahead
- incite
- indulge
- liberate
- loose
- loosen
- foster
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How to use bitted in a sentence
When starting two new horses it is as well to do so with the couplings level and bitted cheek all round.
THE SPORTSWOMAN'S LIBRARY, V. 2VARIOUSIf a horse is found to be pulling or boring, he should be differently bitted at once, as every horse must be well under control.
THE SPORTSWOMAN'S LIBRARY, V. 2VARIOUSIt was impossible; so giving his orders stoutly and sharply, the horses were bitted and the girths tightened.
CROWN AND SCEPTREGEORGE MANVILLE FENNMy readers, however, are not lumberjacks but campers, and a double-bitted axe is a nuisance around camps.
SHELTERS, SHACKS AND SHANTIESD.C. BEARDA yard or two off, Jardine rubbed his double-bitted axe with a small round hone.
NORTHWEST!HAROLD BINDLOSSIn the eighteenth century we find parents becoming more humane, though still keeping their offspring pretty stiffly bitted.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, VOL. 13, NO. 78, APRIL, 1864VARIOUSWhen in the kennel he ought to be occasionally thus bitted, that he may not fret when he is first hunted with it.
DOG BREAKINGWILLIAM NELSON HUTCHINSONThe only fox-hunting I have ever done was on board an impetuous, tough-bitted, fore-and-aft horse that had emotional insanity.
NYE AND RILEY'S WIT AND HUMOR (POEMS AND YARNS)BILL NYEWhy does he neither, in military accouterments, appear mounted among his equals; nor manage the Gallic steed with bitted reins?
THE WORKS OF HORACEHORACEBreakfast dispatched, the boys hurried over to watch the two-bitted axe biting its huge kerf in the side of a ten-foot trunk.
UNEXPLORED!ALLEN CHAFFEE