1 to say that you will not do sth that sb has asked you to do:
[V] Go on, ask her; she can hardly refuse. * [Vtoinf] He flatly refused to discuss the matter. * She refused to accept that there was a problem.
2 [VN] to say that you do not want sth that has been offered to you
SYNTURNDOWN:
I politely refused their invitation. * The job offer was simply too good to refuse.
3 [VNN] to say that you will not give sb sth that they want or need:
They refused him a visa. * She would never refuse her kids anything.
Part of speech: noun
[U] (written) waste material that has been thrown away
SYNRUBBISH/GARBAGE:
domestic / household refuse * the city refuse dump * refuse collection / disposal -< RUBBISH
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for refuse is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is refuse a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, refuse is tagged as verb.
Does refuse appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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