From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
resist
v 1: elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies
explanation" [syn: defy, resist, refuse] [ant:
apply, lend oneself]
2: stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something [syn:
resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm] [ant: give
up, surrender]
3: express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the
laws of the country" [syn: 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" [syn: resist, stand, fend]
5: resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign
tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
[syn: resist, reject, refuse]
6: refuse to comply [syn: resist, balk, baulk, jib]