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— English words —

• refrain v. (Transitive, archaic) To hold back, to restrain (someone or something).
• refrain v. (Reflexive, archaic) To show restraint; to hold oneself back.
• refrain v. (Transitive, now rare) To repress (A desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb.
• refrain v. (Intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain.
• refrain v. (Transitive, rare, regional) To abstain from (food or drink).
• refrain n. The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza.
• refrain n. (By extension) A much repeated comment, complaint, or saying.

— English words, defined in French —

• refrain n. Refrain, vers répétés à intervalles réguliers dans une chanson ou un poème.
• refrain v. Refréner.
• refrain v. (Soutenu) Ne pas s’autoriser une action que l’on souhaiterait faire pour des raisons de prudence, de…
• refrain v. Interrompre une action commencée et que l’on ne s’autorise pas à poursuivre.

— In German —

• Refrain S. Sich wiederholender Teil von Musik oder Gedichten zwischen…

— In French —

• refrain n.m. Un ou plusieurs mots qui se répètent à la fin de chaque…
• refrain n.m. (Sens figuré) (Familier) Ce qu’une personne ramène sans…
• refrain n.m. (Marine) (Rare) Retour des houles ou grosses vagues qui…

— In Italian —

• refrain s. (Letteratura) definizione mancante; se vuoi, [refrain aggiungila] tu.
• refrain s. (Musica) definizione mancante; se vuoi, [refrain aggiungila] tu.

50 English words from 7 English definitions

abstain action archaic back burden By␣extension check chorus comment complaint curb desire drink each emotion end end␣of etc extension food from hold hold␣back interference Intransitive much now of␣a oneself or␣something preposition rare Reflexive regional repeated repress restrain restraint saying show some someone something song stanza stop the Transitive verse with

23 English words from 10 foreign definitions

action à␣la chanson dans des faire fin grosses Marine mots pas pour prudence que Rare refrain Retour sans Sens Sich Teil vagues vers

39 foreign words from 10 foreign definitions

à␣la␣fin autorise autoriser chaque commencée definizione Familier figuré Gedichten houles Interrompre intervalles Letteratura l’on mancante Musica Musik oder personne plusieurs poème poursuivre qui raisons ramène Refréner réguliers répètent répétés s’autoriser Sens␣figuré souhaiterait Soutenu une Un␣ou␣plusieurs von vuoi wiederholender zwischen

10 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

refrains refrained refrainer refrainers refrainest refraineth refraining refrainings refrainment refrainments

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

unrefraining

18 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Ain AIN ain' Efrain fra Fra FRA frain Frain rai Rai raï rain Rain ref Ref REF Ref.

11 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

arf ARF 'arf fer FER f***er IAR nia Nia NIA RFE

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

ferrian Ren␣fair

11 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Ferranti ferratin forraine Freirean Freirian inferral infrared infra-red refrains Ren␣fairs unfairer

13 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Efrain fainer fairer Farner Farren fearin' Fenrir Ferrin Fraire infare naifer rainer Rainer

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

redrain refrein retrain

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

Efrain

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