English-Dutch translations for rein

• besturen
• leidsel
• teugel
  En dan zullen we de politiek weer eens de vrije teugel moeten laten. And then we shall have to give politics free rein once more.
  Fungerend voorzitter van de Raad, ik feliciteer u met het oppakken van de teugels in Europa. President-in-Office, may I congratulate you on taking up the reins in Europe.
  Het is volledig te begrijpen dat veel lid-staten de teugels zelf in handen willen houden.One fully appreciates that many Member States wish to hold the reins themselves.

Definition of rein

• A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child
• To direct or stop a horse by using reins
• To restrain; to control; to check
• To obey directions given with the reins
• A kidney
• The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys

Related words

• reindeer
• reinforce
• reinforced
• reinvent
• reincarnate
• therein
• wherein
• reinvention
• preindustrial