"rein in" meaning in English

See rein in in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: En-au-rein in.ogg Forms: reins in [present, singular, third-person], reining in [participle, present], reined in [participle, past], reined in [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rein in (third-person singular simple present reins in, present participle reining in, simple past and past participle reined in)
  1. To stop or slow a horse by pulling the reins Translations (stop or slow a horse): pysäyttää (Finnish), hillitä (Finnish), zügeln (German), megzaboláz (Hungarian), frear (Portuguese), sofrenar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-rein_in-en-verb-HpUGB458 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "in", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "in": 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'stop or slow a horse': 67 33
  2. (figurative) To stop or slow something, by exercising control. Tags: figuratively Translations (stop or slow something): beteugelen (Dutch), suitsia (Finnish), hillitä (Finnish), zügeln (German), megzaboláz (Hungarian), frear (Portuguese), обу́здывать (obúzdyvatʹ) [imperfective, neuter] (Russian), сде́рживать (sdérživatʹ) [imperfective, neuter] (Russian), tygla (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-rein_in-en-verb-nmo2McEP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "in", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "in": 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'stop or slow something': 43 57

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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