refuse (noun)
1refuse — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ domestic, household (both esp. BrE) ▪ human … OF REFUSE ▪ heap, pile VERB + REFUSE …
2refuse collector — noun someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse • Syn: ↑garbage man, ↑garbageman, ↑garbage collector, ↑garbage carter, ↑garbage hauler, ↑dustman • Hypernyms: ↑hauler, ↑ …
3refuse — Ⅰ. refuse [1] ► VERB 1) state that one is unwilling to do something. 2) state that one is unwilling to grant or accept (something offered or requested). 3) (of a horse) decline to jump (a fence or other obstacle). DERIVATIVES refusal noun refuser …
4refuse — The noun, meaning ‘waste material’, is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, whereas the verb, meaning ‘to withhold consent for’, is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable …
5refuse heap — noun an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter • Syn: ↑garbage heap, ↑junk heap, ↑rubbish heap, ↑scrapheap, ↑trash heap, ↑junk pile, ↑trash pile • Hypernyms …
6refuse — 1 /rI fju:z/ verb 1 (I) to say or show that you will not do something that someone has asked you to do: I m sure if you ask her to help you, she won t refuse. | refuse to do sth: I refuse to take part in anything that s illegal. | flatly… …
7refuse — I UK [rɪˈfjuːz] / US [rɪˈfjuz] verb Word forms refuse : present tense I/you/we/they refuse he/she/it refuses present participle refusing past tense refused past participle refused *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to say you will not do something… …
8refuse — ref|use1 [ rı fjuz ] verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to say you will not do something that someone has asked you to do: Mom asked him to apologize, but he refused. refuse to do something: How could he refuse to help his own son? flatly… …
9refuse — I. verb (refused; refusing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French refuser, from Vulgar Latin *refusare, perhaps blend of Latin refutare to refute and recusare to demur more at recuse Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to express oneself …
10refuse — I. /rəˈfjuz / (say ruh fyoohz) verb (refused, refusing) –verb (t) 1. to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an office. 2. to decline to give; deny (a request, demand, etc.). 3. to express a determination not (to do something): to… …