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rein¹
- /ɹeɪn/
Sounds like rain, reign · Rhymes with -eɪn
Where it comes from
From Middle English rein, reyne, from Anglo-Norman reyne, resne, from Early Medieval Latin retina, ultimately from Classical Latin retineō (“hold back”), from re- + teneō (“keep, hold”). Compare modern French rêne.
Displaced native Old English brīdel (“bridle, rein”), Old English wealdleþer, ġewealdleþer (“rein, bridle”, literally “control strap”), Old English sāl (“cord, rein”), Old English tiġel (“rein”), and Old English lāttēh, lāttēh (“leash, rein”).
noun reins
- A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, other animal or young child.
- An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing. The government is attempting to keep a rein on rising prices.
verb reins · reining · reined
- To direct or stop a horse by using reins. He mounts and reins his horse.
- To restrain; to control; to check. Being once chafed, he cannot / Be reined again to temperance.
- To obey directions given with the reins. She worked each horse at a walk, trot, and then a canter. The horses reined well and executed stops quickly.
rein²
- /ɹeɪn/
Sounds like rain, reign · Rhymes with -eɪn
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman reines, Middle French reins, and their source, Latin rēnēs. Doublet of ren.
noun reins
- A kidney. a man subject to these like imaginations[…]hath often the stone imaginarily, before he have it in his reines[…].
- The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys. My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Rein³
Where it comes from
* As a German surname, borrowed from German Rein, comparable to the first element of several surnames such as Reinhardt, Reinbold, etc., from Proto-Germanic *raginą.
* As an English surname, variant of Rain. Possibly also a habitational surname related to Rhine.
proper noun Reins
- A surname from German.
REIN⁴
noun
- Acronym of repetitive electrical impulse noise
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: rein in, draw rein, harness, rule, ying, stake, curb, field, leeway, outlet, dampen, stifle, curtail, contain, restrict, conquer
Translations
Every language
noun strap or rope
| Español | rienda |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 고삐 goppi |
| 日本語 | 手綱 tazuna |
| 中文 | 韁繩 /缰绳 jiāngshéng |
| Português | rédea |
| Français | rêne |
| Deutsch | Zügel |
| Italiano | redine, briglia |
| Ελληνικά | ηνίο inío |
| Română | frâu |
| Русский | по́вод póvod, пово́дья povódʹja, бразды́ brazdý, вожжа́ vožžá, во́жжи vóžži, узда́ uzdá |
| Tiếng Việt | dây cương |
| العربية | زِمَام zimām, عِنَان ʕinān |
verb to direct or stop a horse using reins
| Deutsch | zügeln |
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