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Refuse

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Noun

1. food waste, garbage, refuse, scraps

food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

Verb

2. decline, refuse

show unwillingness towards

Example Sentences:
'he declined to join the group on a hike'

3. decline, pass up, refuse, reject, turn down

refuse to accept

Example Sentences:
'He refused my offer of hospitality'

4. defy, refuse, resist

elude, especially in a baffling way

Example Sentences:
'This behavior defies explanation'

5. deny, refuse

refuse to let have

Example Sentences:
'She denies me every pleasure'
'he denies her her weekly allowance'

6. refuse, reject, resist

resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

Example Sentences:
'His body rejected the liver of the donor'

7. refuse, reject, turn away, turn down

refuse entrance or membership

Example Sentences:
'They turned away hundreds of fans'
'Black people were often rejected by country clubs'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Refuse

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verb
1. (transitive)
to decline to accept (something offered)
to refuse a present
to refuse promotion
2. 
to decline to give or grant (something) to (a person, organization, etc)
3. (when tr, takes an infinitive)
to express determination not (to do something); decline
he refuses to talk about it
4. 
(of a horse) to be unwilling to take (a jump), as by swerving or stopping
5. (transitive)
(of a woman) to declare one's unwillingness to accept (a suitor) as a husband
noun
a. 
anything thrown away; waste; rubbish
b. 
(as modifier)
a refuse collection

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Refuse

see synonyms of refuse
verb transitiveWord forms: reˈfused or reˈfusing
1. 
to decline to accept; reject
2. 
a. 
to decline to do, give, or grant
b. 
to decline
with an infinitive object
to refuse to go
3. 
a. 
to decline to accept or submit to (a command, etc.); decline to undergo
b. 
to decline to grant the request of (a person)
4. 
to stop short at (a fence, etc.), without jumping it
said of a horse
5.  Obsolete
to renounce
verb intransitive
6. 
to decline to accept, agree to, or do something
noun
1. 
anything thrown away or rejected as worthless or useless; waste; trash; rubbish
adjective
2. 
thrown away or rejected as worthless or useless

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Refuse

see synonyms of refuse
v. re·fused, re·fus·ing, re·fus·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To indicate unwillingness to do, accept, give, or allow: She was refused admittance. He refused treatment.
b. To indicate unwillingness (to do something): refused to leave.
2. To decline to jump (an obstacle). Used of a horse.
v.intr.
To decline to do, accept, give, or allow something.
n.
Items or material discarded or rejected as useless or worthless; trash or rubbish.

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