refrain

refrain is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.
2. transitive verb. To abstain from
3. intransitive verb. To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.
4. verb. 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.
5. noun. the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers

   Synonyms: chorus

6. verb. choose not to consume

   "I abstain from alcohol"

   Synonyms: abstain, desist

7. verb. resist doing something

   "He refrained from hitting him back"

   "she could not forbear weeping"

   Synonyms: forbear

Synonyms

chorus, abstain, desist, forbear

Common word forms

refrains, refrained, refrainer, refraining, refrainment

Words from these letters

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