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reject | den |

As a verb reject

is to refuse to accept.

As a noun reject

is something that is rejected.

reject

English

(wikipedia reject)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To refuse to accept.
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  • (basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
  • Synonyms

    * (refuse to accept) decline, refuse, turn down, repudiate, disown, abnegate, abjure, deny

    Antonyms

    * (refuse to accept) accept, take up

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that is rejected.
  • An unpopular person.
  • Synonyms

    * (something that is rejected) castaway * (an unpopular person) outcast, castaway, alien

    den

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) den, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.
  • a den of robbers
    Daniel was put into the lions’ den .
  • A squalid or wretched place; a haunt.
  • a den of vice
    an opium den'''; a gambling '''den
  • A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.
  • (UK, Scotland, obsolete) A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.
  • (Shakespeare)
    Synonyms
    * (home of certain animals) lair *: See also:

    Verb

    (denn)
  • (reflexive) To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) denier, from (etyl) denarius.

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • (a unit of weight)
  • Anagrams

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