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- DictionaryRef·use/rəˈfyo͞oz/
verb
- 1. indicate or show that one is not willing to do something: "I refused to answer"
The meaning of REFUSE is to express oneself as unwilling to accept. How to use refuse in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Refuse.
REFUSE definition: 1. to say that you will not do or accept something: 2. unwanted waste material, especially…. Learn more.
to decline to give; deny (a request, demand, etc.): to refuse permission. to express a determination not to (do something): to refuse to discuss the question. to decline to submit to. (of a horse) to decline to leap over (a barrier). to decline to accept (a suitor) in marriage.
To refuse is to decline, deny, reject, or resist. If a stranger offers you candy, you should politely 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.
[transitive] (of a thing) to fail to do what you want or expect it to do. The car refused to start. The problem simply refuses to go away.
Anything that is rejected, discarded, or thrown away; rubbish, waste, residue; (now esp.) household waste. Formerly also as a count noun. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.
1. If you refuse to do something, you deliberately do not do it, or you say firmly that you will not do it. [...] 2. If someone refuses you something, they do not give it to you or do not allow you to have it.
to decline to give; deny (a request, demand, etc.): to refuse permission. to express a determination not to (do something): to refuse to discuss the question. to decline to submit to. (of a horse) to decline to leap over (a barrier). to decline to accept (a suitor) in marriage.
Anything thrown away or rejected as worthless or useless; waste; trash; rubbish.
