Spanish Meaning of resist

resistir

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Definitions and Meaning of resist in English

Wordnet

resist (v)

elude, especially in a baffling way

stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

express opposition through action or words

withstand the force of something

resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

refuse to comply

Webster

resist (v. t.)

To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.

To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose.

To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.

To be distasteful to.

Webster

resist (v. i.)

To make opposition.

Webster

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.

Something that resists or prevents a certain action;

A substance applied to a surface, as of metal, to prevent the action on it of acid or other chemical agent.

FAQs About the word resist

resistir

elude, especially in a baffling way, stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something, express opposition through action or words, withstand the force of s

lucha,oponerse,resistir,desafiar,repeler,balk,batalla,macho,reto,verificar

Inclinarse,capitular (ante),ceder a,agacharse,enviar (a),sucumbir (a),rendirse (a),ceder a,ceder (ante alguien/algo)

resipiscence => arrepentimiento, resiny => resinoso, resinousness => resinosidad, resinously => resinoso, resinous => resinoso,