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")