refrain

refrain

refrain (third-person singular simple present refrains, present participle refraining, simple past and past participle refrained)

1. (transitive, archaic) To hold back, to restrain (someone or something). [from 14th c.]
   • Proverbs i:15.

     Refrain thy foot from their path.

2. (reflexive, archaic) To show restraint; to hold oneself back. [from 14th c.]
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts V:

     And nowe I saye unto you: refrayne youreselves from these men, and let them alone [...].

3. (transitive, now rare) To repress (a desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb. [from 14th c.]
   • Chaucer

     his reson aperceyueth it wel that it is synne / agayns the lawe of god / and yet his reson / refreyneth nat his foul delit or talent.

4. (intransitive) To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain. [from 15th c.]
5. (transitive, now rare, regional) To abstain from (food or drink). [from 16th c.]
   • Thomas Browne

     Who, requiring a remedy for his gout, received no other counsel than to refrain cold drink.

Wikipedia refrain (plural refrains)

1. The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza.

   We hear the wild refrain. Whittier.

ritornello

astenersi

coro

frenare

ritenere

trattenersi

Altri significati:

to hold back

to keep one’s self from action

(transitive) To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.

The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza.

to abstain from

(intransitive) To keep one’s self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.

burden of song

(transitive) To abstain from

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