Definition of refrains Refrains
/ɹÉŖfɹejĖnz/ - [rifreynz] -
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What does refrains mean?
Wiktionary 
- refrains (Noun)
Plural of refrain.
Part of speech
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NounPlural: refrains |
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| refrain - the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers | ||
| chorus | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
| vocal, song the act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates" | ||
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| refrain - resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping" | ||
| forbear | ||
| act, move behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" | ||
| leave alone, leave behind, leave depart and not take along; "He left behind all his possessions when he moved to Europe" | ||
| let it go not act; "He thought of a reply but let it go" | ||
| abstain choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol" | ||
| spare, save use frugally or carefully | ||
| forbear, hold back refrain from doing; "she forbore a snicker" | ||
| help oneself, help abstain from doing; always used with a negative; "I can't help myself--I have to smoke"; "She could not help watching the sad spectacle" | ||
| stand by be available or ready for a certain function or service | ||
| sit out endure to the end | ||
| refrain - choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol" | ||
| abstain, desist | ||
| ingest, consume, take in, have, take engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy" | ||
| fast abstain from eating; "Before the medical exam, you must fast" | ||
| fast abstain from eating; "Before the medical exam, you must fast" | ||
| keep off, avoid refrain from entering or walking onto; "keep off the grass"; "stay off the premises" | ||
| teetotal practice teetotalism and abstain from the consumption of alcoholic beverages | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary š
- refrain (v. t.)
To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern. - refrain (v. t.)
To abstain from - refrain (v. i.)
To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain. - refrain (v.)
The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ī©
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refrain
To resist doing something.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary š
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refrain
rÄ-frÄnā², n. a burden or chorus recurring at the end of each division of a poem: the musical form to which the burden of a song is set: an after-taste or other sense impression. [O. Fr. refrainārefraindreāL. refringÄre (refrangÄre).] -
refrain
rÄ-frÄnā², v.t. to curb: to restrain.āv.i. to keep from action: to forbear.āns. Refrainā²er; Refrainā²ment. [O. Fr. refraindre (Fr. refrĆ©ner)āLow L. refrenÄreāre-, back, frenum, a bridle.]
