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rine¹

Rhymes with -aɪn

Where it comes from

From Middle English rinen, from Old English hrīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *hrīnan, from Proto-Germanic *hrīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to strip, touch”).

verb rines · rining · rined

  1. obsolete, transitive To touch.
  2. UK, dialectal, transitive To concern; affect.
  3. UK, dialectal, transitive To pertain to; fall to.
  4. UK, dialectal, transitive To tend to a certain effect or outcome.

rine²

Rhymes with -aɪn

Where it comes from

From Middle English rune, from Old English ryne (“a course, run, running, orbit, a flow, flux, period of time, cycle, luster, expanse, extent”), from Proto-Germanic *runiz (“course”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to cause to move, grow”). Cognate with German Ronne (“a channel”), Icelandic ryne (“a flow, stream”). See runnel.

noun rines · rhine · rone · rune

  1. UK, dialectal A watercourse or ditch.

rine³

Rhymes with -aɪn

Where it comes from

Variation of rind.

noun rines

  1. alternative Alternative form of rind

Rine⁴

Where it comes from

From the German surname, variant of Rein, Rhine, Rhein.

proper noun Rines

  1. A surname.

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@misc{rine_2026,
  title = {rine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}