Being a teacher, you must learn to keep a tight rein on your emotions.
Source: tatoeba (16313)
Rein
//ɹeɪn//
Synonyms for "rein" (126 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (37)
Related words (63)
Noun(1 words)
lacinglay under restraintleadershiplegal restraintlet downlet uplimitlimitationlose groundlose momentumlose speedmoderatemonopolyobstructpowerprohibitprohibitionprotectionprotectionismprotective tariff
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pullpull inrationingreefrein inreinsrelaxrepressrestrainrestraintrestraint of traderestrictretardretardationretrenchretrenchmentroomrunningself-controlset backshacklesimmer downslack offslack upslackenslowslow downslow upslowing downsmothersnubstaystraitensuppresstake in sailtariff wallthought controlthrottle downtillerwithhold
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1 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
121 translations across 66 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- fre noun (strap or rope)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἡνίᾱ noun (strap or rope)
Arabic
2 entries- زِمَام noun (strap or rope)
- عِنَان noun (strap or rope)
Armenian
4 entries- երասան noun (strap or rope)
- երասանակ noun (strap or rope)
- պախուրց noun (strap or rope)
- սանձ noun (strap or rope)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- cilov noun (strap or rope)
Bashkir
1 entries- дилбегә noun (strap or rope)
Belarusian
2 entries- ле́йцы noun (strap or rope)
- по́вад noun (strap or rope)
Bengali
1 entries- লাগাম noun (strap or rope)
Bulgarian
2 entries- по́вод noun (strap or rope)
- юзда́ noun (strap or rope)
Catalan
3 entries- regna noun (strap or rope)
- refrenar verb (to restrain, control)
- sofrenar verb (to direct or stop a horse using reins)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 韁繩 /缰绳 noun (strap or rope)
Czech
2 entries- otěž noun (strap or rope)
- uzda noun (strap or rope)
Danish
2 entries- tøjle noun (strap or rope)
- tømme noun (strap or rope)
Dutch
2 entries- teugel noun (strap or rope)
- besturen verb (to direct or stop a horse using reins)
Esperanto
1 entries- gvidrimeno noun (strap or rope)
Estonian
2 entries- ohi noun (strap or rope)
- ratsmed noun (strap or rope)
Finnish
4 entries- ohja noun (strap or rope)
- ohjas noun (strap or rope)
- ohjastaa verb (to direct or stop a horse using reins)
- pysäyttää verb (to direct or stop a horse using reins)
French
1 entries- rêne noun (strap or rope)
Friulian
1 entries- rèdine noun (strap or rope)
Galician
2 entries- renda noun (strap or rope)
- rédea noun (strap or rope)
Georgian
1 entries- აღვირი noun (strap or rope)
German
4 entries- Zügel noun (strap or rope)
- bremsen verb (to restrain, control)
- zügeln verb (to direct or stop a horse using reins)
- zügeln verb (to restrain, control)
Greek
1 entries- ηνίο noun (strap or rope)
Hungarian
1 entries- gyeplő noun (strap or rope)
Ido
1 entries- reino noun (strap or rope)
Italian
2 entries- briglia noun (strap or rope)
- redine noun (strap or rope)
Japanese
1 entries- 手綱 noun (strap or rope)
Kazakh
2 entries- делбе noun (strap or rope)
- тізгін noun (strap or rope)
Khmer
1 entries- ខ្សែបង្ហៀរ noun (strap or rope)
Korean
1 entries- 고삐 noun (strap or rope)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- тизгин noun (strap or rope)
Lao
2 entries- ແຄ່ມ noun (strap or rope)
- ໃຫຍ້ noun (strap or rope)
Latin
2 entries- lōrum noun (strap or rope)
- retina noun (strap or rope)
Latvian
1 entries- pavada noun (strap or rope)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pavadis noun (strap or rope)
Macedonian
4 entries- дизгин noun (strap or rope)
- по́вод noun (strap or rope)
- по́водник noun (strap or rope)
- узда noun (strap or rope)
Manchu
2 entries- ᠴᡳᠯᠪᡠᡵᡳ noun (strap or rope)
- ᠶᠠᡵᡶᡠᠨ noun (strap or rope)
Mongolian
2 entries- жолоо noun (strap or rope)
- цулбуур noun (strap or rope)
Māori
1 entries- reina noun (strap or rope)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- tømme noun (strap or rope)
- tøyle noun (strap or rope)
Occitan
2 entries- guida noun (strap or rope)
- retna noun (strap or rope)
Old English
1 entries- ġewealdleþer noun (strap or rope)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- دیزكین noun (strap or rope)
- زمام noun (strap or rope)
Persian
3 entries- افسار noun (strap or rope)
- دوال noun (strap or rope)
- پالهنگ noun (strap or rope)
Polish
3 entries- cugiel noun (strap or rope)
- lejce noun (strap or rope)
- wodze noun (strap or rope)
Portuguese
1 entries- rédea noun (strap or rope)
Romanian
1 entries- frâu noun (strap or rope)
Russian
4 entries- бразды́ noun (strap or rope)
- во́жжи noun (strap or rope)
- вожжа́ noun (strap or rope)
- по́вод noun (strap or rope)
Salar
1 entries- çulur noun (strap or rope)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- srian noun (strap or rope)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- dizgin noun (strap or rope)
- úzda noun (strap or rope)
- дизгин noun (strap or rope)
- у́зда noun (strap or rope)
Slovak
2 entries- liace noun (strap or rope)
- uzda noun (strap or rope)
Slovene
1 entries- vajeti noun (strap or rope)
Southern Altai
1 entries- тискин noun (strap or rope)
Spanish
1 entries- rienda noun (strap or rope)
Swedish
3 entries- tygel noun (strap or rope)
- töm noun (strap or rope)
- tygla verb (to direct or stop a horse using reins)
Tagalog
3 entries- renda noun (strap or rope)
- rendahan verb (to direct or stop a horse using reins)
- rumenda verb (to direct or stop a horse using reins)
Tajik
3 entries- афсор noun (strap or rope)
- давол noun (strap or rope)
- полҳанг noun (strap or rope)
Tatar
1 entries- дилбегә noun (strap or rope)
Thai
1 entries- บังเหียน noun (strap or rope)
Turkish
3 entries- dizgin noun (strap or rope)
- yular noun (strap or rope)
- çetgen noun (strap or rope)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ві́жка noun (strap or rope)
- по́від noun (strap or rope)
Uzbek
1 entries- tizgin noun (strap or rope)
Venetan
1 entries- redena noun (strap or rope)
Vietnamese
1 entries- dây cương noun (strap or rope)
West-Frisian
2 entries- jaling noun (strap or rope)
- leie noun (strap or rope)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
She kept a tight rein on the purse strings.
Source: tatoeba (313800)
But, fearing this, the Sire omnipotent / hath buried them in caverns dark and deep, / and o'er them piled huge mountains in a heap, / and set withal a monarch, there to reign, / by compact taught at his command to keep / strict watch, and tighten or relax the rein.
Source: tatoeba (6779225)
So sank the furious wave, / when through the clear sky looking o'er the main, / the sea-king lashed his steeds and slacked the favouring rein.
Source: tatoeba (6783720)
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