resist
noun
1. A protective coating or covering.
verb
1. elude, especially in a baffling way
Definition categories: stative, elude, escape
2. stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
Similar word(s): withstand
Definition categories: competition, defend, fight, oppose
3. express opposition through action or words
Similar word(s): dissent, protest
Definition categories: social, contradict, controvert, oppose
4. withstand the force of something
- The trees resisted her
Definition categories: competition, defend, fight, oppose
5. resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
Similar word(s): refuse, reject
Definition categories: stative, react, respond
6. refuse to comply