сдерживать — meaning in English
sderzhivat
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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 A papal decree prohibiting the administration of the sacraments from a political entity under the power of a single person (e.g., a king or an oligarchy with similar powers). Extreme unction/Anointing of the Sick is excepted.
- 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
- noun The straps and bit fitted to a horse's head to guide and control it.
- noun Figuratively, anything that restrains or checks something.
- verb To react with anger, resentment, or indignation.
- verb To control, restrain, or hold something in check.
contain — full definition
- verb To hold something inside, or to have something as one of its parts.
- verb To keep something under control so it does not spread or get worse.