[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Often a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.", "any of certain other straps or thongs forming part of a harness, as a checkrein .", "any means of curbing, controlling, or directing; check; restraint.", "reins,the controlling or directing power:the reins of government."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to check or guide (a horse or other animal) by exerting pressure on a bridle bit by means of the reins.", "to curb; restrain; control.Synonyms: limit , bridle , check"]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to obey the reins:a horse that reins well.", "to rein a horse or other animal."]}]