ENGLISH: refuse - CREOLE: fatra



Overview of noun refuse



The noun refuse has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (1) garbage, refuse, food waste, scraps -- (food that is discarded (as from a kitchen))



Overview of verb refuse



The verb refuse has 6 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)



1. (47) refuse, decline -- (show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike")

2. (13) refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline -- (refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality")

3. (5) defy, resist, refuse -- (elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation")

4. (2) deny, refuse -- (refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance")

5. resist, reject, refuse -- (resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor")

6. reject, turn down, turn away, refuse -- (refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs")

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