(intransitive) To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with). / (intransitive) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion.

The items of cloth used to make up a bed, such as sheets and pillowcases, formerly made of linen but now manufactured in a wide variety of material such as cotton or polyester.

(transitive) To refuse; deny; disclaim.

(genetics) Alternative form of polytene