English to English
noun
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
- Something that resists or prevents a certain action;
source: Webster 1913
verb
- elude, especially in a baffling way
This behavior defies explanation.
source: WordNet 3.0
- stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
source: WordNet 3.0
- express opposition through action or words
Dissent to the laws of the country.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
His body rejected the liver of the donor.
source: WordNet 3.0
- refuse to comply
source: WordNet 3.0
- To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.
source: Webster 1913
- To make opposition.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [risíst] Lumaban; bumabag; magtulak
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
