Rein is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for REIN in dictionary:

VERB:
• to restrain
• check or guide (a horse) by pulling on its reins
• keep under control; restrain
• check or manage with reins
• To govern or direct with the reins; as, to rein a horse one way or another.
• To restrain; to control; to check.
• To be guided by reins.
• control and direct with or as if by reins
• stop or slow up one\'s horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins
• stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins
• keep in check
NOUN:
• a pair of straps used to restrain a young child
• the power to direct and control
• The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse.
• Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint.
• one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse
• any means of control
• a long, narrow strap attached at one end to a horse's bit, typically used in pairs to guide or check a horse in riding or driving.

Words related to REIN

reined7 reining8 reinless8 reins5

How to use REIN in a sentence

• What could he be making for? He never pulled rein and never glanced round, but flew onwards, like a man with a definite goal in view.
• During all this time the capitalist press was given full rein to spread its infamous poison.
• The calf, intimidated by the dogs, and galled by the rein, went on tolerably well.
• These he endeavored to fling off, and in order to do so more effectually, he gave a loose rein to the contemplation of his own successful ambition.
• Both he and she were to have a loose rein, and there was to be no call for affection on either side.
• I really will endeavour to rein in, and go along in the regular hackney trot, that you may partly comprehend me.
• They drew rein at the ford, talking not simply face to face, but face in face.
• Jake was walking on his hind feet by way of intimating that he objected to so tight a rein.
• The horse reared and plunged, but the man held firmly to the rein.
• She drew rein, swiftly debating within herself whether she should go on, or draw back, then shaking back her proud little head she rode forward.
• Late in the afternoon he entered Bear Flat, urged his pony at a brisk pace across it, and just before sundown drew rein in front of the Radford cabin.
• Louis Philippe had much difficulty in holding in rein the war spirit, which for, his own selfish and crooked policy, he had himself evoked.
• Those wretches think to save the world by giving free rein to those wild beast instincts that slumber in us all, relics of a far-away past.
• When the village lay far behind them and the sun was low, he drew rein to let the mare breathe, and turned, looking down the long stairway of the hills.
• Teach him to obey the slightest touch of rein, to stand when you throw your bridle on the ground, to come at your whistle.
• By riding, however, I do not mean sticking on a horse, by dint of rein and clinging, but a seat in which the fair one feels secure and entirely at her ease.
• The riders drew rein almost before the friends, dismounted and stood at attention, while a figure who had been in the center also jumped to the ground.
• A closer examination was made, and he decided that it was a bridle rein and not a rope that was attached to the wandering horse.
• As coolly as if he was taking up a favorite book, but with a rapid movement, he grasped the rein below the bit with both hands firmly, and swung upon it with his whole weight.
• And before Drusus or any one else realized, the deed was done, the long lane was cleared, and the drivers were drawing rein before the house of Cleomenes.
• She is hindered in many ways from giving rein to the impulses of her heart.
• It was in behalf of Young America again, that Douglas gave free rein to his vision of national destiny.

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