Found 3 items, similar to Repel.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: repel menangkis
English → English (WordNet) Definition: repel repel v 1: cause to move back by force or influence; “repel the enemy”; “push back the urge to smoke”; “beat back the invaders” [syn: drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back ] [ant: attract] 2: be repellent to; cause aversion in [syn: repulse] [ant: attract] 3: force or drive back; “repel the attacker”; “fight off the onslaught”; “rebuff the attack” [syn: repulse, fight off , rebuff, drive back] 4: reject outright and bluntly; “She snubbed his proposal” [syn: rebuff, snub] 5: fill with distaste; “This spoilt food disgusts me” [syn: disgust, gross out, revolt] [also: repelling, repelled]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Repel Repel \Re**pel"\ (r?-p?l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repelled (-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repelling.] [L. repellere, repulsum; pref. re- re- + pellere to drive. See Pulse a beating, and cf. Repulse, Repeal.] 1. To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant. [1913 Webster] Hippomedon repelled the hostile tide. --Pope. [1913 Webster] They repelled each other strongly, and yet attracted each other strongly. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument. [1913 Webster] [He] gently repelled their entreaties. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] Syn: Tu repulse; resist; oppose; reject; refuse. [1913 Webster] Repel \Re*pel"\, v. i. To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion. [1913 Webster]