ALL meanings of refrain
re·frain
R r - verb with object refrain Archaic. to curb. 1
- noun refrain phrase used repeatedly 1
- noun refrain chorus of song 1
- verbal expression refrain avoid doing 1
- intransitive verb refrain avoid, abstain from 1
- intransitive verb refrain choose not to 1
- noun refrain Music. a musical setting for the refrain of a poem. any melody. the principal, recurrent section of a rondo. 1
- noun refrain a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza; chorus. 1
- verb without object refrain to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought. 1
- countable noun refrain A refrain is a comment or saying that people often repeat. 0
- verb refrain to abstain (from action); forbear 0
- noun refrain a regularly recurring melody, such as the chorus of a song 0
- noun refrain a much repeated saying or idea 0
- intransitive verb refrain to hold back; keep oneself (from doing something); forbear 0
- verb transitive refrain to hold back; curb 0
- noun refrain a phrase, verse, or verses repeated at intervals in a song or poem, as after each stanza 0
- noun refrain music for this 0
- countable noun refrain A refrain is a short, simple part of a song, which is repeated many times. 0
- verb refrain If you refrain from doing something, you deliberately do not do it. 0