verb
Meaning 1
To stop or slow a horse by pulling the reins
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
rein in
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verb
Meaning 2
To stop or slow something, by exercising control.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- The government has no other option than to rein in public spending.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He reined in his horses in front of the post office
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rein
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stop
Narrower terms: pull
verb
Meaning 4
stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- They reined in in front of the post office
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rein
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stop, halt
verb
Meaning 5
control and direct with or as if by reins
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- rein a horse
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: harness, draw rein, rein
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: control, command
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: pysäyttää — stop or slow a horse
- Finnish: hillitä — stop or slow a horse
- German: zügeln — stop or slow a horse
- Hungarian: megzaboláz — stop or slow a horse
- Portuguese: frear — stop or slow a horse
- Spanish: sofrenar — stop or slow a horse
- Dutch: beteugelen — stop or slow something
- Finnish: suitsia — stop or slow something
- Finnish: hillitä — stop or slow something
- German: zügeln — stop or slow something
- Hungarian: megzaboláz — stop or slow something
- Portuguese: frear — stop or slow something
- Russian: обу́здывать (obúzdyvatʹ) — stop or slow something
- Russian: сде́рживать (sdérživatʹ) — stop or slow something
- Spanish: sofrenar — stop or slow something
- Swedish: tygla — stop or slow something