rean

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noun

A deep furrow used for drainage.

OriginMiddle English rene ← Old Norse rein ← Proto-Germanic *rainō →
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Meanings

nounrean (plural reans)

plural reans · alternative reann · alternative reen · alternative reene · alternative rheen · alternative raen · alternative raheen · alternative rain · alternative rane · alternative rayne · alternative reang · alternative reayne · alternative reean · alternative reend · alternative rheaan · alternative rhind

  1. A deep furrow used for drainage.
  2. dialectalA ridge or baulk.
  3. A gutter.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*rey-“to cut, tear, scratch”
  2. Proto-Germanic*rainō“baulk, ridge”
  3. Old Norserein“a strip of land”
  4. Middle Englishrene
  5. Englishrean

From Middle English rene, rein (“strip of land forming a boundary; furrow; barrier; embankment”), from Old Norse rein (“a strip of land”), from Proto-Germanic *rainō (“baulk, ridge”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to cut, tear, scratch”). Related to Icelandic rein, Danish ren, Dutch rein, reen (“berm”), German Rain (“narrow strip of land between two fields”).

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APA

rean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rean

MLA

“rean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rean. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rean,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rean.

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