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English Dictionary: resistência à tracção by the DICT Development Group
5 results for resistência à tracção
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
resist
v
  1. elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation"
    Synonym(s): defy, resist, refuse
    Antonym(s): apply, lend oneself
  2. stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
    Synonym(s): resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm
    Antonym(s): give up, surrender
  3. express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country"
    Synonym(s): protest, resist, 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"
    Synonym(s): resist, stand, fend
  5. resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
    Synonym(s): resist, reject, refuse
  6. refuse to comply
    Synonym(s): resist, balk, baulk, jib
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Resist \Re*sist"\ (r?-z?st"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Resisted}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Resisting}.] [F. r[82]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.
  
                     That mortal dint, Save He who reigns above, none can
                     resist.                                             --Milton.
  
      2. To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or
            frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose.
  
                     God resisteth the proud.                     --James iv. 6.
  
                     Contrary to his high will Whom we resist. --Milton.
  
      3. To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.
  
      4. To be distasteful to. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      Syn: To withstand; oppose; hinder; obstruct; counteract;
               check; thwart; baffle; disappoint.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Resist \Re*sist"\, v. i.
      To make opposition. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Resist \Re*sist"\, n. (Calico Printing)
      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. --F. C.
      Calvert.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Resist \Re*sist"\, n. (Technical)
      Something that resists or prevents a certain action; specif.:
      A substance applied to a surface, as of metal, to prevent the
      action on it of acid or other chemical agent.
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