Definition of refrain
English to English noun - the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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.
source: Webster 1913 verb - resist doing something
He refrained from hitting him back.
She could not forbear weeping.
source: WordNet 3.0 - choose not to consume
I abstain from alcohol.
source: WordNet 3.0 - To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.
source: Webster 1913 - To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.
source: Webster 1913 English to Tagalog verb - [rifrén] Pumigil; hawakan; magpigil ng loob
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
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refrain, reformation, reframe, reprint, repairman, reference, reprimand, reborn, reform, reprune, reformer, roborean, reverent, reaffirm, ropeyarn, reverend, rope burn, reprehend, ribavirin, rope yarn
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