Rein

Noun

 * 1) A strap or rope attached to the bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child.

Verb

 * 1) To direct or stop a horse by using reins.
 * 2)   To stop or restrain a horse. Also used figuratively
 * President’s Budget: A Solid Step To Rein in Spending

Noun

 * 1)  kidney

Quotations

 * 1611, King James Bible, Lamentations 3:13:
 * He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

Thesaurus
administration, arrest, arrestation, backpedal, backwater, brake, bridle, check, clip the wings, collect, command, constrain, constraint, contain, control, cool, cool off, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, curb, curtail, curtailment, decelerate, deceleration, delay, detain, dompt, draw rein, ease off, ease up, enjoin, govern, guard, harness, helm, hinder, hindrance, hold, hold at bay, hold back, hold fast, hold in, hold in check, hold in leash, hold up, impede, inhibit, inhibition, injunction, interdict, keep, keep back, keep from, keep in, keep in check, keep under control, lay under restraint, leadership, legal restraint, let down, let up, limit, limitation, lose ground, lose momentum, lose speed, moderate, monopoly, obstruct, power, prohibit, prohibition, protection, protectionism, protective tariff, pull, pull in, rationing, reef, rein in, reins, relax, repress, restrain, restraint, restraint of trade, restrict, retard, retardation, retrench, retrenchment, rule, running, self-control, set back, simmer down, slack off, slack up, slacken, slow, slow down, slow up, slowing down, smother, snub, stay, straiten, suppress, take in sail, tariff wall, thought control, throttle down, tiller, withhold

Etymology 1
Anglo-Norman reyne:, from Old French resne: (Modern French rêne:), from *retina, from Classical  retineo:, from re-: + teneo:.

Etymology 2
From rein.

Noun

 * Catalan: regna
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, , suitset
 * French:
 * German:
 * Ido: reino
 * Italian:


 * Macedonian:, дизгин
 * Polish: wodze ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: повод,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: tygel
 * West Frisian: leie, jaling

Verb

 * Dutch:


 * Finnish:, suitsia



Derived terms

 * free rein
 * hold the reins
 * keep a tight rein on


 * draw rein
 * rein back
 * rein in


 * rein up
 * take the reins

Anagrams

 * Erin
 * in re

Adjective

 * 1)  clean, spotless
 * 2) pure, sheer

Etymology
From *reini, *rēni, from.

Anagrams

 * erin, nier

Noun

 * 1)  kidney
 * 2)  small of the back, waist

Etymology
ren.

Anagrams

 * nier
 * rien

Adjective

 * 1) pure, clear, plain
 * 2) * 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 24/2010, page 131:
 * Natürlich ist eine Weltmeisterschaft kein reines Sportevent mehr, sie ist sicher auch ein bisschen Welt- und Entwicklungspolitik.
 * Of course, a world championship is no longer a pure sports event, it surely is also a bit of world and development politics.

Etymology
Old High German reini, from, a suffixed form of. Cognate with Old Saxon hreni (Dutch rein), Old Norse hreinn: (Swedish ren:); and with Ancient Greek χρίνειν:, Old Irish criathar. More remotely related to English riddle:.

Noun

 * 1) a strip (of land)

Derived terms

 * aðrein
 * akrein
 * frárein

Noun
rein


 * 1) Rain

Synonyms

 * lömib

Noun

 * 1) rain