Word Meaning

Meaning of resist

- To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.
- To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose.
- To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.
- To be distasteful to.
- To make opposition.
- 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.

Crossword clue for resist

- Abstain from
- battle infection
- Buck
- die hard
- Go against
- Hold out
- Knock back
- Make a stand
- Oppose entire Sistine interior
- Say no to sister in strife
- Stand firm
- Strive against
- Ward off (temptation)
- Withstand