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Seined vs Reined - What's the difference?

seined | reined |

As verbs the difference between seined and reined

is that seined is (seine) while reined is (rein).

seined

English

Verb

(head)
  • (seine)
  • Anagrams

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    seine

    English

    Noun

    (Seine fishing) (en noun)
  • A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.
  • * 1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 169:
  • They were too busy hauling at ropes, collectively drawing a large seine across the bay before them – and singing their hearts out.

    Verb

    (sein)
  • (label) To use a seine, to fish with a seine.
  • Derived terms

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    reined

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (rein)
  • Anagrams

    *

    rein

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) reyne, from (etyl) resne (Modern French .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A strap or rope attached to the bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child.
  • (figurative) An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing.
  • * Milton
  • Let their eyes rove without rein .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To direct or stop a horse by using reins.
  • * Chapman
  • He mounts and reins his horse.
  • To restrain; to control; to check.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Being once chafed, he cannot / Be reined again to temperance.
    Derived terms
    * rein in

    Derived terms

    * free rein * hold the reins * keep a tight rein on * draw rein * rein back * rein in * rein up * take the reins

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) reines, (etyl) reins, and their source, (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A kidney.
  • *, II.12:
  • *:a man subject to these like imaginations.
  • *1611 , (King James Bible), :
  • *:He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins .
  • The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys.
  • *Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 16
  • *:My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
  • *Bible, Revelations ii. 23
  • *:I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts.