ENGLISH: resist - CREOLE: reziste



Overview of verb resist



The verb resist has 6 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)



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

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

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

4. (1) 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")

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

6. resist, balk, baulk, jib -- (refuse to comply)

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