Associations to the word «Refrain»
Noun
- Abstinence
- Repeating
- Intercourse
- Fasting
- Restraint
- Precept
- Touching
- Sabbath
- Doing
- Saying
- Prc
- Wherefore
- Hostility
- Giving
- Alcohol
- Stanza
- Stealing
- Communion
- Smiling
- Violence
- Calling
- Smoking
- Pursuing
- Interference
- Putting
- Sending
- Temptation
- Kissing
- Altogether
- Respect
- Meat
- Verse
- Conduct
- Statement
- Refrain
- Sin
- Chorus
- Delicacy
- Comment
- Psalm
- Melody
- Rhyme
- Reprisal
- Repetition
- Chant
- Jubal
- Coercion
- Hymn
- Indulgence
- Cadence
- Ballad
- Riff
Adjective
Wiktionary
REFRAIN, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To hold back, to restrain (someone or something). [from 14th c.]
REFRAIN, verb. (reflexive) (archaic) To show restraint; to hold oneself back. [from 14th c.]
REFRAIN, verb. (transitive) (now rare) To repress (a desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb. [from 14th c.]
REFRAIN, verb. (intransitive) To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain. [from 15th c.]
REFRAIN, verb. (transitive) (now rare) (regional) To abstain from (food or drink). [from 16th c.]
REFRAIN, noun. The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza.
REFRAIN, noun. A much repeated comment, complaint, or saying.
Dictionary definition
REFRAIN, noun. The part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers.
REFRAIN, verb. Resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping".
REFRAIN, verb. Choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.