Standard Lemma guide

rine

name · noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • rhymes with -aɪn
  • CMU ARPABET: R AY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A watercourse or ditch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, dialectal

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Alternative form of rind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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4

verb

Meaning 4

To touch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

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5

verb

Meaning 5

To concern; affect.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, dialectal, transitive

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6

verb

Meaning 6

To pertain to; fall to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, dialectal, transitive

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7

verb

Meaning 7

To tend to a certain effect or outcome.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, dialectal, transitive

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History

Etymology

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

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.

Variation of rind.

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”).