Definition of resists Resists
/ɹɪzɪˈsts/ - [rizists] -
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What does resists mean?
Wiktionary 
- resists (Noun)
Plural of resist.
Part of speech
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| resist - stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something | ||
| hold out, withstand, stand firm | ||
| surrender, give up give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered" | ||
| fight down, fight back, fight, oppose, defend defend oneself | ||
| stand out be stubborn in resolution or resistance | ||
| stand up defend against attack or criticism; "He stood up for his friend"; "She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student" | ||
| outbrave be braver than | ||
| hold off resist and fight to a standoff; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off" | ||
| remain firm, stand have or maintain a position or stand on an issue; "Where do you stand on the War?" | ||
| withstand, defy, hold up, hold challenge; "I dare you!" | ||
| resist - withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow" | ||
| stand, fend | ||
| fight down, fight back, fight, oppose, defend defend oneself | ||
| resist - refuse to comply | ||
| balk, baulk, jib | ||
| disobey refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired" | ||
| resist - resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor" | ||
| reject, refuse | ||
| react, respond undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions; "The hydrogen and the oxygen react" | ||
| resist - express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country" | ||
| protest, dissent | ||
| controvert, contradict, oppose deny the truth of | ||
| walk out, strike leave suddenly, often as an expression of disapproval; "She walked out on her husband and children" | ||
| demonstrate, march march in protest; take part in a demonstration; "Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle" | ||
| rebel, rise up, arise, rise take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance | ||
| renegade, rebel take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance | ||
| resist - elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation" | ||
| defy, refuse | ||
| lend oneself, apply be applicable to; as to an analysis; "This theory lends itself well to our new data" | ||
| elude, escape escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation" | ||
| beggar reduce to beggary | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- resist (v. t.)
To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct. - resist (v. t.)
To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose. - resist (v. t.)
To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction. - resist (v. t.)
To be distasteful to. - resist (v. i.)
To make opposition. - resist (n.)
A substance used to prevent a color or mordant from fixing on those parts to which it has been applied, either by acting machanically in preventing the color, etc., from reaching the cloth, or chemically in changing the color so as to render it incapable of fixing itself in the fibers.. The pastes prepared for this purpose are called resist pastes.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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resist
To withstand the actions of.
