rine

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verb

To touch.

OriginMiddle English rinen ← Old English hrīnan ← Proto-West Germanic *hrīnan →
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Meanings

rine1

verbrine (third-person singular simple present rines, present participle rining, simple past and past participle rined)

present singular third person rines · participle present rining · participle past rined · past rined

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo touch.
  2. UKdialectaltransitiveTo concern; affect.
  3. UKdialectaltransitiveTo pertain to; fall to.
  4. UKdialectaltransitiveTo tend to a certain effect or outcome.

rine2

nounrine (plural rines)

plural rines · alternative rhine · alternative rone · alternative rune

  1. UKdialectalA watercourse or ditch.

rine3

nounrine (plural rines)

plural rines

  1. alternativeAlternative form of rind.

Rine4

proper nounRine (plural Rines)

plural Rines

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
river

Origin

rine · verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*krey-“to strip, touch”
  2. Proto-Germanic*hrīnaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*hrīnan
  4. Old Englishhrīnan
  5. Middle Englishrinen
  6. Englishrine

From Middle English rinen, from Old English hrīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *hrīnan, from Proto-Germanic *hrīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to strip, touch”).

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rine · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃er-“to cause to move, grow”
  2. Proto-Germanic*runiz“course”
  3. Old Englishryne“a course, run, running, orbit, a flow, flux, period of time, cycle, luster, expanse, extent”
  4. Middle Englishrune
  5. Englishrine

From Middle English rune, from Old English ryne (“a course, run, running, orbit, a flow, flux, period of time, cycle, luster, expanse, extent”), from Proto-Germanic *runiz (“course”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to cause to move, grow”). Cognate with German Ronne (“a channel”), Icelandic ryne (“a flow, stream”). See runnel.

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rine · noun

Variation of rind.

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Rine · proper noun

From the German surname, variant of Rein, Rhine, Rhein.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with rine

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Anagrams

ErinreinNeriReniNier
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APA

rine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rine

MLA

“rine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rine. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rine,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rine.

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