Usually means: Oppose or withstand an action.
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We found 37 dictionaries that define the word resist:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. resist: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. resist: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. resist: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. resist: Collins English Dictionary
  5. resist: Vocabulary.com
  6. Resist, resist: Wordnik
  7. resist: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. resist: Wiktionary
  9. resist: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. resist: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. resist: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Resist, resist: Dictionary.com
  13. resist: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. resist: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. RESIST (electoral list), RESIST (non-profit), RESIST, Resist (Kosheen album), Resist (Supergirl), Resist (Within Temptation album), Resist (disambiguation), Resist (semiconductor fabrication), Resist: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Resist: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. resist: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. resist: Rhymezone
  19. resist: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. resist: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. resist: Free Dictionary
  22. resist: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. resist: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. resist: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. resist: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Resist: Art Glossary: Terminology for artists

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. resist: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. resist: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. RESIST: Acronym Finder

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. resist: Archaeology Wordsmith

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Resist: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of PCB Terms (No longer online)
  3. Semiconductor Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See resisted as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
verb:  (transitive) To withstand the actions of.
verb:  (intransitive) To oppose; to refuse to accept.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To be distasteful to.
noun:  A protective coating or covering.

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