refrain

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To hold back, to restrain (someone or something).

   “Refrain thy foot from their path.”

2. fiil To show restraint; to hold oneself back.

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

3. fiil To repress (a desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb.
4. fiil To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew

   “Refrain from these men, and let them alone.”

5. fiil To abstain from (food or drink).

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

6. isim The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza.
7. isim A much repeated comment, complaint, or saying.