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resist   (TTS Sound)

The verb resist has 6 senses

• defy, resist, refuse -- (elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation")


• resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm -- (stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something)


• protest, resist, dissent -- (express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country")


• resist, stand, fend -- (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")


• resist, reject, refuse -- (resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor")


• resist, balk, baulk, jib -- (refuse to comply)