resist, stand, fend
(verb) 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, hold out, withstand, stand firm
(verb) stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
protest, resist, dissent
(verb) express opposition through action or words; “dissent to the laws of the country”
resist, balk, baulk, jib
(verb) refuse to comply
defy, resist, refuse
(verb) elude, especially in a baffling way; “This behavior defies explanation”
resist, reject, refuse
(verb) resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; “His body rejected the liver of the donor”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
resist (third-person singular simple present resists, present participle resisting, simple past and past participle resisted)
(transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
(transitive) To withstand the actions of.
(intransitive) To oppose.
(transitive, obsolete) To be distasteful to.
• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See English catenative verbs
• gainstay
• oppose
• withset
• obey
• submit
resist (countable and uncountable, plural resists)
A protective coating or covering.
• Istres, Reists, Sister, reists, resits, restis, risest, sister
Source: Wiktionary
Re*sist" (r-zstt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Resisting.] Etym: [F. résister, L. resistere, pref. re- re- + sistere to stand, cause to stand, v. causative of stare to stand. See Stand.]
1. To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct. That mortal dint, Save He who reigns above, none can resist. Milton.
2. To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose. God resisteth the proud. James iv. 6. Contrary to his high will Whom we resist. Milton.
3. To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.
4. To be distasteful to. [Obs.] Shak.
Syn.
– To withstand; oppose; hinder; obstruct; counteract; check; thwart; baffle; disappoint.
Re*sist", v. i.
Definition: To make opposition. Shak.
Re*sist", n. (Calico Printing)
Definition: 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. F. C. Calvert.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
