ALL meanings of refuse
re·fuse
R r - verb with object refuse to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award. 1
- verb with object refuse to decline to give; deny (a request, demand, etc.): to refuse permission. 1
- verb with object refuse to express a determination not to (do something): to refuse to discuss the question. 1
- verb with object refuse to decline to submit to. 1
- verb with object refuse (of a horse) to decline to leap over (a barrier). 1
- verb with object refuse to decline to accept (a suitor) in marriage. 1
- verb with object refuse Military. to bend or curve back (the flank units of a military force) so that they face generally to the flank rather than the front. 1
- verb with object refuse Obsolete. to renounce. 1
- verb without object refuse to decline acceptance, consent, or compliance. 1
- noun refuse something that is discarded as worthless or useless; rubbish; trash; garbage. 1
- adjective refuse rejected as worthless; discarded: refuse matter. 1
- transitive verb refuse offer: decline 1
- transitive verb refuse sth offered: not take 1
- verbal expression refuse say no 1
- intransitive verb refuse not comply 1
- intransitive verb refuse not consent 1
- noun refuse rubbish, sth discarded 1
- transitive verb refuse say no to: a suitor 1
- verb refuse If you refuse to do something, you deliberately do not do it, or you say firmly that you will not do it. 0
- verb refuse If someone refuses you something, they do not give it to you or do not allow you to have it. 0
- verb refuse If you refuse something that is offered to you, you do not accept it. 0
- uncountable noun refuse Refuse consists of the rubbish and all the things that are not wanted in a house, shop, or factory, and that are regularly thrown away; used mainly in official language. 0
- verb refuse to decline to accept (something offered) 0
- verb refuse to decline to give or grant (something) to (a person, organization, etc) 0
- verb refuse to express determination not (to do something); decline 0
- verb refuse (of a horse) to be unwilling to take (a jump), as by swerving or stopping 0
- verb refuse (of a woman) to declare one's unwillingness to accept (a suitor) as a husband 0
- noun refuse anything thrown away; waste; rubbish 0
- noun refuse (as modifier) 0
- verb transitive refuse to decline to accept; reject 0
- verb transitive refuse to decline to do, give, or grant 0
- verb transitive refuse to decline 0
- verb transitive refuse to decline to accept or submit to (a command, etc.); decline to undergo 0
- verb transitive refuse to decline to grant the request of (a person) 0
- verb transitive refuse to stop short at (a fence, etc.), without jumping it 0
- verb transitive refuse to renounce 0
- intransitive verb refuse to decline to accept, agree to, or do something 0
- noun refuse anything thrown away or rejected as worthless or useless; waste; trash; rubbish 0
- adjective refuse thrown away or rejected as worthless or useless 0