📖 Definitions of "Resists"
noun
- 1
A protective coating or covering.
verb
- 1
To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
- 2
To withstand the actions of.
- 3
To oppose.
- 4
To be distasteful to.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Resists"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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). |
| standverb | To 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. |
| balkverb | To omit, miss, or overlook by chance. |
| battles | an 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. |
| boycottsnoun | The act of boycotting. |
| combatsnoun | Clipping 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. |
| faces | an 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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