ENGLISH: reject - CREOLE: refize



Overview of noun reject



The noun reject has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)



1. cull, reject -- (the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality)



Overview of verb reject



The verb reject has 7 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)



1. (19) reject -- (refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper")

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

3. (2) disapprove, reject -- (deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods")

4. (1) reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down -- (reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances")

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")

7. rule out, eliminate, winnow out, reject -- (dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration")

© 2008 · Krengle - English / Kreyòl Dictionary · Contact u s / Kontakte