Found 4 items, similar to resisting.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: resist
menolak
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: resist
bangkang, melawan, memberontaki
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: resist
resist
v 1: elude, especially in a baffling way;
“This behavior defies
explanation” [syn:
defy,
refuse] [ant:
lend oneself]
2: stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something [syn:
hold out,
withstand,
stand firm] [ant:
surrender]
3: express opposition through action or words;
“dissent to the
laws of the country” [syn:
protest,
dissent]
4: 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” [syn:
stand,
fend]
5: resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign
tissue or organ;
“His body rejected the liver of the
donor” [syn:
reject,
refuse]
6: refuse to comply [syn:
balk,
baulk,
jib]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Resisting
Resist
\Re*sist"\ (r?-z?st"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Resisted; p.
pr. & vb. n.
Resisting.] [F. r['e]sister, L. resistere,
pref. re- re- + sistere to stand, cause to stand, v.
causative of stare to stand. See
Stand.]
1. To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.
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That mortal dint,
Save He who reigns above, none can resist. --Milton.
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2. To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or
frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose.
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God resisteth the proud. --James iv. 6.
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Contrary to his high will
Whom we resist. --Milton.
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3. To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.
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4. To be distasteful to. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Syn: To withstand; oppose; hinder; obstruct; counteract;
check; thwart; baffle; disappoint.
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Resisting
\Re*sist"ing\, a.
Making resistance; opposing; as, a resisting medium. --
Re*sist"ing ly, adv.
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