refuse

/หˆษนษ›fjuหs/

IPA: /R AH0 F Y UW1 Z/

noun
  1. 1

    Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.

adjective
  1. 1

    Discarded, rejected.

noun
  1. 1

    Refusal

verb
  1. 1

    To decline (a request or demand).

    โ€œMy request for a pay rise was refused.โ€

  2. 2

    To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission.

    โ€œI asked the star if I could have her autograph, but she refused.โ€

  3. 3

    To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy.

    โ€œto refuse the right wing while the left wing attacksโ€

  4. 4

    To disown.

verb
  1. 1

    To melt again.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/refuse