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Resists

A protective coating or covering.

📖 Definitions of "Resists"

noun
  1. 1

    A protective coating or covering.

verb
  1. 1

    To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.

  2. 2

    To withstand the actions of.

  3. 3

    To oppose.

  4. 4

    To be distasteful to.

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refuseverb(transitive) To decline (a request or demand).
withstandverb(transitive) To resist or endure (something) successfully.
stand firmverb(idiomatic) To resist assault or pressure.
defyverb(transitive) To refuse to obey.
hold outverb(idiomatic, often with for) To wait, or refuse in hopes of getting something better (from a negotiation, etc.)
dissentverb(intransitive) To disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from (or, formerly, to).
standverbTo position or be positioned physically:
protestverb(intransitive) To make a strong objection.
baulkverb(British spelling) Alternative spelling of balk. [(archaic) To pass over or by.]
jibverb(chiefly nautical) To shift, or swing around, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking.
balkverbTo omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
battlesan American experimental rock group, founded in 2002 in New York City by Ian Williams (formerly of Don Caballero and Storm & Stress).
boycottverb(transitive) To abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.
boycottsnounThe act of boycotting.
combatsnounClipping of combat trousers. [cargo pants]
confrontsverb(transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.
crawlsverb(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
facesan English rock band formed in London in 1969.
fightsverb(transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
interceptsverb(transitive) To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).

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