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- [reyn]
- /reɪn/
- /reɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [reyn]
- /reɪn/
Definitions of rein word
- noun rein Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit. 1
- noun rein any of certain other straps or thongs forming part of a harness, as a checkrein. 1
- noun rein any means of curbing, controlling, or directing; check; restraint. 1
- noun rein reins, the controlling or directing power: the reins of government. 1
- verb with object rein to check or guide (a horse or other animal) by exerting pressure on a bridle bit by means of the reins. 1
- verb with object rein to curb; restrain; control. 1
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Origin of rein
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; (noun) Middle English rene, reine, raine < Old French re(s)ne < Vulgar Latin *retina, noun derivative of Latin retinēre to hold back, retain; (v.) Middle English rainen, reinen, derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for Rein
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
rein popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
rein usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for rein
verb rein
- balmed — simple past tense and past participle of balm.
- compose — The things that something is composed of are its parts or members. The separate things that compose something are the parts or members that form it.
- contain — If something such as a box, bag, room, or place contains things, those things are inside it.
- cool — Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low.
- corked — (of a wine) tainted through having a cork containing excess tannin
noun rein
- brake — Brakes are devices in a vehicle that make it go slower or stop.
- cinchers — Plural form of cincher.
- deterrent — A deterrent is something that prevents people from doing something by making them afraid of what will happen to them if they do it.
- disincentive — something that discourages or deters; deterrent: High interest rates and government regulations are disincentives to investment.
- freedom — the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
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