rine
rine verb: to touch. Also the alternative form of rind.
Verb
rine (third-person singular simple present rines, present participle rining, simple past and past participle rined)
Noun
rine (plural rines)
- A watercourse or ditch.
Proper noun capitalized: Rine
Rine (plural Rines)
- A surname.
Also used as
rine is also the alternative form of rind.
Forms of rine
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | rines |
| present participle | rining |
| past participle | rined |
| past | rined |
| Noun | |
| plural | rines |
| alternative form | rhine |
| alternative form | rone |
| alternative form | rune |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Rines |
Origin of rine
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”).
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.
Variation of rind.
Words formed from rine
Words that rhyme with rine
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- design
- divine
- combine
- pine
- spline
- swine
- consign
- frankenstein
- nine
- refine
- vine
- whine
- benign
- chine
- in line
- intertwine
- recline
- resign
- undermine
- wine
- affine
- anodyne
- dine
- gold mine
- incline
- malign
- opine
- outshine
- propine
- red line
- shrine
- syne
- tine
- trunk line
- tyne
- atrine
- berine
- bine
- brine
- cline
- confine
- disentwine
- einstein
- equine
- offline
- quine
- repine
- rhine
Questions about rine
- What does rine mean?
- Rine means to touch.
- What part of speech is rine?
- Rine can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the past tense of rine?
- The past tense of rine is rined.
Words near rine in the dictionary
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