Sinhala Dictionary definitions for resist
resist 🔊 /ɹɪzɪˈst or ɹizɪˈst/
resist : සටන් කරනවා
resist : බාධා කරනවා
resist : විරෝධය පානවා
resist : විරොධනය කරවා
resist : විරුද්ධකම් පානවා
resist : ප්රතිරෝධ වෙනවා
resist : ප්රතිරෝධ කරනවා
resist : ප්රතිරුද්ධ කරනවා
resist : විරුද්ධ වෙනවා
resist definition
Transitive verb.
- 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.
Intransitive verb. To make opposition.
Noun. 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.