(refusing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ to do something, you deliberately do not do it, or you say firmly that you will not do it.
He ~d to comment after the trial...
He expects me to stay on here and I can hardly ~.
VERB: V to-inf, V
2.
If someone ~s you something, they do not give it to you or do not allow you to have it.
The United States has ~d him a visa...
The town council had ~d permission for the march.
VERB: V n n, V n
3.
If you ~ something that is offered to you, you do not accept it.
The patient has the right to ~ treatment.
= turn down
VERB: V n
4.
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.
The District Council made a weekly collection of ~.
= waste, rubbish
N-UNCOUNT