Definition of denies in English

Part of speech

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denies, verb, present, 3rd person singular of deny (infinitive).

WordNet

Verb denies, denying, denied
deny - declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money"
		acknowledge, admit accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods"
		contravene, contradict, negate deny the truth of
		disclaim make a disclaimer about; "He disclaimed any responsibility"
		repudiate refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement"
		disavow refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"
deny - refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance"
		refuse
		grant, allow transfer by deed; "grant land"
		abnegate, deny deny or renounce; "They abnegated their gods"
		hold on, keep stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"
		withhold, keep back hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"
deny - deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure; "She denied herself wine and spirits"
		abnegate
		refuse, deny show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"
		hold in, curb, contain, moderate, control, check, hold keep to the curb; "curb your dogs"
deny - refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness"
		disown, renounce, repudiate cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"
		abnegate deny or renounce; "They abnegated their gods"
deny - refuse to grant, as of a petition or request; "The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses"; "the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day"
		withhold, keep back hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"
deny - refuse to recognize or acknowledge; "Peter denied Jesus"
		disavow refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"
deny - deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
		traverse
		practice of law, law the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale"

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Wiktionary

deny (Verb)
To not allow.
deny (Verb)
To assert that something is not true.
deny (Verb)
To disallow.
deny (Verb)
To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
deny (Verb)
To prevent from scoring.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

deny (v. t.)
To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.
deny (v. t.)
To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce.
deny (v. t.)
To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request.
deny (v. t.)
To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
deny (v. i.)
To answer in /// negative; to declare an assertion not to be true.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

deny
To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge.
deny
To reject the truth or validity of something.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

deny
de-nī′, v.t. to gainsay or declare not to be true: to reject: to refuse admission to: to disown:—pr.p. deny′ing; pa.p. denied′.—adv. Deny′ingly.—Deny one's self, to deny one's self the indulgence of bodily appetites and carnal inclinations: to exercise self-denial. [Fr. denier—L. denegāre—de, inten., and negāre, to say no. See Negation.]