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reins

/reɪn/

US pronunciation
American sound/reɪn/
reins
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

US voice -> reins

Myanmar meaning

(n) ဇက်ကြိုး။

Full entry

rein /ren/ n

၁။ (က) [C often pl ] ဇက်ကြိုး။
Don't let go of the reins! ❍ ride on a short/ long rein (ie use more/ less control).
(ခ) reins [pl] ကလေးငယ်၏ကိုယ်ကို သိုင်းခက်ရသော ထိန်းကြိုး။
၂။ reins [pl] the ~ s (of sth) (esp rhet ) ဦးစီး ဦးကိုင်နေရာ။ hold/ take up the reins of government (ie govern/ being to govern).
❏ give, etc free/ full rein to sb/ sth [IDM ] [ဥ] ဇက်ပုံပေး သည်။ give free rein to town planners ❍ allow one's imagination free rein.
❏ rein sth in; rein sb/ sth back [PHRV ]
၁။ ထိန်းသည်။ ဇက်ကိုင်သည်။ ဇက်ဆွဲသည်။ rein in public expenditure ❍ The leader needs to rein back the extremists in his party.
၂။ (မြင်းကို) ဇက်ကိုင်သည်၊ ဇက်ဆွဲသည်။

More examples
  • [the reins of power/government/state] : It’s his deputy who really holds the reins of power.
  • [hand/take over the reins] : Hiroshi Okuda took over the reins of Toyota in August 1995.
  • [hold the reins] : The designers who hold the creative reins at Dior fashion house
Synonyms
bridle, restraint, harness, leash, lead, strap, restriction, bit, brake, check, collect, compose, control, cool, curb, deterrent, governor, halt, halter, hold, hold back, limit, line, repress, restrain, restrict, simmer down, slow down, smother, suppress
Antonyms
continue, disperse, encourage, free, let go, release, scatter
Cross references
bridlerestraintharnessleashleadstraprestrictionbitbrakecheckcollectcomposecontrolcoolcurbdeterrentgovernorhalthalterholdhold backlimitlinerepressrestrainrestrictsimmer downslow down
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