Synonym: counteract, oppose, withstand. Antonym: obey. Similar words: resistance, hypothesis, resign, assist, insist, persist, subsist, consist. Meaning: [rɪ'zɪst] v. 1. elude, especially in a baffling way 2. stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something 3. express opposition through action or words 4. withstand the force of something 5. resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ 6. refuse to comply.
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241 Some materials still resist easy answers - gold is an example.
242 Tony, 47, who once admitted to drinking up to twelve pints a night, just can't resist a good time.
243 Standard softboard has good heat insulation properties, and the impregnated version will resist moisture ingress.
244 Most, it had to be recognised,[http://sentencedict.com/resist.html] would have been unable to resist a heavy and sustained bombardment.
245 Will he today resist the introduction of the 75p per minute further added value services now suggested?
246 Cobalt is important in the jet engines of aeroplanes because it makes turbine blades resist high temperatures.
247 But if you are going round the bend and resist seeking any help you are deemed to be perfectly okay.
248 He dawdled, afraid to say no or resist her or speak his mind.
249 Many of us are too polite to resist their pressure and we end up sacrificing our time to their sales pitch.
250 Neocolors are greasy and are therefore lively for creating textures of all sorts and for using as a water resist.
251 You resist the urge to test the weight on the lid again, because by now you've forgotten how it felt before.
252 The media could not resist the combination of pop meeting sporting legend.
253 The Republican leadership has clearly decided to resist the isolationist label.
254 Aerosol resist coating too thick: - increase exposure time or use spray more sparingly.
255 Yet most of the time they resist the temptation to exact retribution, despite the abundant opportunities the game affords.
256 Older managers who report to younger ones, in particular, may resist the coaching session.
257 And yet when you are first starting out as an entrepreneur, a detour is awfully hard to resist.
258 Some do well in aquariums, while others seem to resist all attempts to keep them alive.
259 Clients will resist carrying these costs if the fault lies with the accountant.
260 As they wander down Coronation Street, nobody can resist looking through letterboxes.
261 How effectively are club doctors able to resist these pressures?
262 The remaining eighteen were likely to resist for a variety of reasons.
263 He could hardly resist the demands of Voute and Strauss.
264 Sometimes a puppy will aggressively resist our demands, or ignore us completely.
265 But what enables a state to resist the effects of economic sanctions?
266 When she reached the front door she was unable to resist turning to survey the parking area.
267 On warm days a long and cooling drink, or a mug of tea, is impossible to resist.
268 Naturally, I can resist anything but flattery and lapped it up like a hungry cat does milk.
269 Resist oppression, lighten the burden of the underdog, spread understanding and reason.
270 But the grand design was torpedoed when Lord Hanson made a bid for Imperial that shareholders found impossible to resist.
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