Usually means: Opposes or withstands force or pressure.
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  1. resists: Merriam-Webster
  2. resists: Collins English Dictionary
  3. resists: Vocabulary.com
  4. Resists, resists: Wordnik
  5. resists: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. resists: Wiktionary
  7. resists: Dictionary.com
  8. resists: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. resists: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. resists: Legal dictionary

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  1. resists: Encyclopedia

(Note: See resist as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (resist)

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.
▸ Also see resist


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