rein
1 noun strapsrian masc1 she had the pony on a rein bhí an capaillín ar srian aici, bhí an capaillín ar ghreim sriain aici 2 verb control horse TRANSITIVEhe reined his horse tharraing sé ar shrian an chapaillI reined my horse beside a wall thiomáin mé mo chapall isteach le taobh ballareins
nounúim fem3 adhastar masc1 the child was wearing reins bhí úim ar an bpáistethe reins
nounthe reins of government cumhacht an rialtais, ceannas an rialtaisshe took over the reins last year tháinig sí i gceannas anuraidhhe seized the reins of power tháinig sé i gcumhacht, ghlac sé an chumhacht chuige féinto draw rein
he drew rein at the wall stop sé ag an mballato give rein to sth
(alsoto give free rein to sth
, to give full rein to sth
) scaoileadh le rudhe gave rein to his frustration scaoil sé amach a chuid frustrachais, lig sé lena racht frustrachaisto keep a tight rein on sb/sth
smacht a choinneáil ar dhuine/rudsrian a choimeád ar dhuine/rudthey keep a tight rein on the media coinníonn siad smacht ar na meáin, bíonn siad an-dian ar na meáinrein back
(v + adv) TRANSITIVEsrian verb srian a chur le gearr siar ar smacht a choimeád ar smacht a choinneáil ar they reined back spending chuir siad srian leis an gcaiteachas, ghearr siad siar ar an gcaiteachasshe reined back her anger chuir sí srian lena cuid feirgerein in
1 (v + adv) limit, control TRANSITIVEsrian a chur le gearr siar ar smacht a choimeád ar smacht a choinneáil ar they reined in the extremists choinnigh siad smacht ar na hantoiscighthe government reined in TD expenses chuir an rialtas srian le liúntais na dTeachtaí Dála 2 (v + adv) stop, slow (horse) TRANSITIVEsrian a chur le srian verb tabhair ar a araíonachahe reined in the horse shrian sé an capall, thug sé an capall ar a araíonacha
rein up
(v + adv) TRANSITIVEI reined up my horse stop mé an capall leis an srian
INTRANSITIVEshe reined up outside stop sí a capall taobh amuigh