сдерживать — meaning in English

English meaning

• bridle noun The straps and bit fitted to a horse's head to guide and control it.
• contain verb To hold something inside, or to have something as one of its parts.
• curb noun The raised edge of a sidewalk or pavement bordering a street.
• interdict noun (religion, law) An official order from the Pope banning the sacraments within a state ruled by one person, though last rites are still allowed.
• mitigate verb To make something less severe, harmful, or serious.
• repress verb To use force to stop an uprising, protest, or similar unrest from growing.
• restrain verb To hold back or keep someone or something under control.

Senses

сдерживать is used for these senses in English:

• bridle (transitive) To check, restrain, or control with, or as if with, a bridle; as in bridle your tongue.
• contain (transitive) To put constraints upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
• hold back (idiomatic, intransitive) To act with reserve; to contain one's full measure or power.
• interdict (transitive, US, military) To impede (an enemy); to interrupt or destroy (enemy communications, supply lines etc). [from 20th c.]
• mitigate (transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
• rein in (figurative) To stop or slow something, by exercising control.
• repress (transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
• repress (transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.

bridle — full definition

1. noun The straps and bit fitted to a horse's head to guide and control it.
2. noun Figuratively, anything that restrains or checks something.
3. verb To react with anger, resentment, or indignation.
4. verb To control, restrain, or hold something in check.

contain — full definition

1. verb To hold something inside, or to have something as one of its parts.
2. verb To keep something under control so it does not spread or get worse.

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