All refrain antonyms
reΒ·frain
R r verb refrain
- lock up β a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- make over β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- auspicate β to begin or inaugurate with a ceremony intended to bring good fortune
- get it up β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- advantaged β A person or place that is advantaged is in a better social or financial position than other people or places.
- cued β a long, tapering rod, tipped with a soft leather pad, used to strike the ball in billiards, pool, etc.
- gimme β Golf. a final short putt that a player is not required to take in informal play.
- get there β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- chaired β a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- chime in β If you chime in, you say something just after someone else has spoken.
- convey β To convey information or feelings means to cause them to be known or understood by someone.
- mouthed β having a mouth of a specified kind (often used in combination): a small-mouthed man.
- fork out β an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.
- look after β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- ante up β If you ante up an amount of money, you pay your share, sometimes unwillingly.
- call β a demand for redeemable bonds or shares to be presented for repayment
- chairing β a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- operate β to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- docketing β Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
- cuing β a long, tapering rod, tipped with a soft leather pad, used to strike the ball in billiards, pool, etc.
- groupthink β the practice of approaching problems or issues as matters that are best dealt with by consensus of a group rather than by individuals acting independently; conformity.
- conscribe β to conscript
- accessing β the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- adventuring β the act of doing adventurous things or having adventures
- fork over β an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.
- melodramatize β to make melodramatic.
- live up β to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- enter β Come or go into (a place).
- fold up β a part that is folded; pleat; layer: folds of cloth.
- mouthing β the action of speaking in a meaningless, bombastic, or hypocritical manner.
- diffused β Simple past tense and past participle of diffuse.
- imaging β a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- dramatize β to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- donate β to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause: to donate used clothes to the Salvation Army.
- chinned β the lower extremity of the face, below the mouth.
- conscripted β enrolled for compulsory service, esp military service
- hand-carry β to carry or deliver by hand, as for security reasons: The ambassador hand-carried a message from the president.
- chinning β the lower extremity of the face, below the mouth.
- enucleate β Remove the nucleus from (a cell).
- devote β If you devote yourself, your time, or your energy to something, you spend all or most of your time or energy on it.
- break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- caving β the sport of climbing in and exploring caves
- authored β a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
- intonate β to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.
- contact β Contact involves meeting or communicating with someone, especially regularly.
- get back to β resume
- act out β If you act out an event which has happened, you copy the actions which took place and make them into a play.
- enlist β Enroll or be enrolled in the armed services.
- outdare β to surpass in daring.
noun refrain
- exudation β The act of exuding.