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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'refrain' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions refrain noun  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. As enjoined by a chorus. We hear the wild refrain. Whittier. Translations:  French: French, refrain Dutch: refrein (trans-mid) German: Refrain verb  (transitive) To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern. His reson refraineth not his foul delight or talent. w:Geoffrey_Chaucer, Chaucer Refrain thy foot from their path. - Proverbs i:15. (transitive) To abstain from Who, requiring a remedy for his gout, received no other counsel than to refrain cold drink. - w:Thomas Browne, Thomas Browne (intransitive) To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain. Refrain from these men, and let them alone. - Acts 5:38. They refrained therefrom eating flesh some time after. - w:Thomas Browne, Thomas Browne. Translations:         Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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