Palabras en English para 'To oppose (something) forcefully.'
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verb
- To go against, resist; oppose.
- (transitive) To make helpless due to emotion.
- (intransitive, figurative) To lose vigour or power; to languish; to waste away; to pass away.
- (intransitive) To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.
- (intransitive) To become helpless due to emotion.
- (transitive) To cause to shrivel or dry up.
- wither, as with a loss of moisture
- lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
noun
verb
- To object to something vociferously; to rail against in speech.
- speak against in an impassioned manner
- To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
- To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking.
- recite in elocution
noun
- the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
- a direction opposite to another
- a body of people united in opposing something
- the relation between opposed entities
- a contestant that you are matched against
- the act of hostile groups opposing each other
- an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
- The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
- (law) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.
- (politics) A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.
- (logic) The difference of quantity or quality between two propositions having the same subject and predicate.
- An opposite or contrasting position.
- (chess) A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.
- (astronomy) The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.
noun
- the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
- the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
- the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents
- (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
- (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
- the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
- a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
- group action in opposition to those in power
- a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
- any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
- an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
- (physics) Electrical resistance.
- (physics) A force that tends to oppose motion.
- The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
- An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.
prep_phrase
verb
- (intransitive) To make a strong objection.
- express opposition through action or words
- To object to.
- To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
- (law, transitive) to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained by non-acceptance or non-payment of (a bill or note). This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix.
- (transitive) To affirm (something).
- (transitive, chiefly Canada, US) To publicly demonstrate against.
- utter words of protest
- affirm or avow formally or solemnly
noun
- The noting by a notary public of an unpaid or unaccepted bill.
- A written declaration, usually by the master of a ship, stating the circumstances attending loss or damage of ship or cargo, etc.
- A formal objection, especially one by a group.
- A collective gesture of disapproval; a demonstration.
- a formal and solemn declaration of objection
- the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
- the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval
verb
- To press against.
- (copulative) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
- To hang outwards.
- To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
- (Followed by against, on, or upon) To rest or rely, for support, comfort, to use as a hard surface for writing, etc.
- (intransitive) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
- cause to lean to the side
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- rely on for support
- cause to lean or incline
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
adj
- (business) Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing".
- Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
- (of meat) Having little fat.
- Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
- (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
- containing little excess
- not profitable or prosperous
- lacking in mineral content or combustible material
- lacking excess flesh
noun
- (uncountable) Meat with no fat on it.
- (US slang) A recreational drug composed of codeine-promethazine cough syrup mixed with usually soda and associated with the hip-hop culture of the Southern United States.
- (countable, biology) An organism that is lean in stature.
- (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
verb
- be against; express opposition to
- fight against or resist strongly
- To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.
- To object to.
- be resistant to
- act against or in opposition to
- contrast with equal weight or force
- set into opposition or rivalry
- To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
- To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
verb
adj
adv
noun
- The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
- A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted.
- A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
- An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
- (typography) The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
- The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
- (nautical) The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
- (grammar) A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
- counterattack
- In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
- A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
- (programming) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
- In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
- (historical) The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
- (martial arts) A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
- (music) Alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor.
- (Internet) A hit counter.
- One who counts.
- (curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
- game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
- (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
- a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot
- table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
- a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
- a person who counts things
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- a return punch (especially by a boxer)
adj
- Obstinate and unruly; strongly opposed to something.
- (biology) Incapable of registering a reaction or stimulus.
- Not affected by great heat.
- (medicine) Resistant to treatment; not responding adequately to therapy.
- temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to a process or stimulus
- stubbornly resistant to authority or control
- not responding to treatment
noun
noun
- the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
- A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to).
- The act of objecting.
- the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
- the speech act of objecting
- (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality
- (law) An official protest raised in a court of law during a legal trial over a violation of the rules of the court by the opposing party.
intj
verb
- fight against or resist strongly
- argue or speak in defense of
- be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
- be on the defensive; act against an attack
- protect against a challenge or attack
- state or assert
- protect or fight for as a champion
- (transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
- (cricket) Mostly in tests. The action of not putting force into hitting a shot, but to conserve energy and wear down bowlers so they can attack later.
- (sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
- (poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind.
- (sports) To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous instance of that competition.
- (transitive, law) To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
- (transitive) To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
verb
- fight against or resist strongly
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
- be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
- make a strenuous or labored effort
- (reciprocal) To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle etc.
- (transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
- (intransitive) Of colours or other design elements: to clash; to fail to harmonize.
- (transitive) To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare, a cause, etc.).
- (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
- (intransitive) To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success.
- (transitive) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
- (causative) To cause to fight; to manage or manoeuvre in a fight.
noun
- an intense verbal dispute
- the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
- a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
- a boxing or wrestling match
- an aggressive willingness to compete
- (uncountable) The will or ability to fight.
- A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.
- An occasion of fighting.
- A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
- (sports) A boxing or martial arts match.
verb
- to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of
- to strive or contend about; to contest
- (intransitive) to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
- (transitive) to make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss
- have a disagreement over something
- take exception to
noun
verb
- To act against; to thwart or obstruct.
- (carpentry) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
- (transitive) To travel across, to go through, to pass through, particularly under difficult conditions.
- (law) To deny formally.
- (climbing) To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
- (intransitive, fencing) To use the motions of opposition or counteraction.
- (transitive, computing) To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
- To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
- (weaponry) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
- To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
- (engineering, skiing) To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate.
- deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
- to cover or extend over an area or time period
- travel across or pass over
adj
adv
noun
- (climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
- (nautical) A traverse board.
- (military) In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.
- (nautical) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
- (geometry) A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
- Something that thwarts or obstructs.
- (architecture) A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
- (surveying) A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject, usually for use as "control" i.e. angular reference system for later surveying work.
- (law) A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc ("without this", i.e. without what follows).
- a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
- travel across
- a horizontal beam that extends across something
- taking a zigzag path on skis
prep
- In opposition to.
- In front of; before (a background).
- In physical opposition to; in collision with.
- As protection from.
- (Hollywood) To be paid now in contrast to the following amount to be paid later under specified circumstances, usually that a movie is made or has started filming.
- In contrast or comparison with.
- As a charge on.
- In physical contact with, so as to abut or be supported by.
- In competition with, versus.
- Contrary to; in conflict with.
- In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).
- As counterbalance to.
- Of betting odds, denoting a worse-than-even chance.
- In exchange for.
- Close to, alongside.
- In a contrary direction to.
prefix
verb
- To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
- (transitive) To strike with the head
- (by extension) To check or restrain.
- (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
- (fishing, transitive) To remove the head from (a fish).
- (transitive, of hardware) To form a head (on or to); to fit or furnish (something) with a head.
- (transitive) To cut off the top of; to lop off.
- (transitive) To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
- (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.)
- To set on the head.
- (intransitive) To form a head.
- (intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
- To go in front of.
- form a head or come or grow to a head
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- take its rise
- to go or travel towards
- be in the front of or on top of
- remove the head of
- be in charge of
- be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
adj
noun
- (lacrosse) The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
- (UK, Ireland, metonymic) A headteacher.
- (automotive) The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
- A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
- (journalism) Ellipsis of headline.
- A headdress; a covering for the head.
- (slang, countable) A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
- Topic; subject.
- A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.
- The antlers of a deer.
- The larger-diameter end of an unused rivet, properly the factory head or ambiguously the shop head, as opposed to the bucktail which is passed through the items to be fastened and then upset into an appropriate shape, generally pancake-shaped for a solid rivet or doughnut-shaped for a blind rivet, called the field head or ambiguously the shop head.
- (coopering) The end cap of a cask or other barrel.
- (billiards) The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.
- An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.
- (social, countable, metonymic) A leader or expert.
- (British, geology) Deposits near the top of a geological succession.
- (plural head) A single animal; measure word for livestock and game.
- The place of honor or command; the most important or foremost position; the front.
- The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
- (jazz) The principal melody or theme of a piece.
- Either, or in plural both, ends of a used rivet, the factory head and the field head.
- (medicine) The end of an abscess where pus collects.
- (computing) The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.
- (machining) A milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.
- The sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer.
- A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
- The population of game.
- (nautical) The toilet of a ship.
- The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
- (figurative, metonymic) Mind; one's own thoughts.
- (slang) The glans penis.
- (figurative, metonymic) An individual person.
- (linguistics) A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
- (chemistry) The first fraction of a distillation run, having a low boiling point.
- (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
- (uncountable, countable) The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
- Headway; progress.
- The leafy top part of a tree.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
- A title or heading in a book or other document.
- (anatomy) The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
- The top edge of a sail.
- (in the plural) Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
- (geology) The uppermost part of a valley.
- (only in the singular) Denouement; crisis.
- (music) A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.
- More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
- (music) The headstock of a guitar.
- The bow of a vessel.
- The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
- (British) A headland.
- (music, slang, figurative, metonymic) A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.
- (uncountable, countable) A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
- (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
- The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
- The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.
- (engineering) The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
- forward movement
- that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
- a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
- the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
- a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
- a single domestic animal
- the part in the front or nearest the viewer
- (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
- (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
- a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
- the top of something
- the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
- (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- the educator who has executive authority for a school
- (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
- the front of a military formation or procession
- the pressure exerted by a fluid
- a person who is in charge
- the source of water from which a stream arises
- a difficult juncture
- an individual person
- the striking part of a tool
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
- a user of (usually soft) drugs
- oral stimulation of the genitals
- a rounded compact mass
- a projection out from one end
- a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
- the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
- the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
- the subject matter at issue
adj
noun
prep
verb
- (intransitive) To argue angrily.
- (intransitive, of clothes, decor, colours) To fail to look good together; to contrast unattractively; to fail to harmonize.
- (intransitive, slang, video games) To play Clash Royale or Clash of Clans.
- (transitive) To cause to make a clashing sound.
- (intransitive, of events) To coincide, to happen at the same time, thereby rendering it impossible to attend all.
- (intransitive) To make a clashing sound.
- (intransitive, Scotland) To chatter or gossip.
- (intransitive) To come into violent conflict.
- (intransitive, in games or sports) To face each other in an important game.
- be incompatible; be or come into conflict
- disagree violently
- crash together with violent impact
noun
- (sports) match; a game between two sides.
- (onomatopoeia) A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects; a crash.
- Opposition; contradiction; such as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes etc.
- (hurling) An instance of restarting the game after a "dead ball", where it is dropped between two opposing players, who can fight for possession.
- (Scotland) Chatter; gossip; idle talk.
- A skirmish, a hostile encounter.
- A combination of garments that do not look good together, especially because of conflicting colours.
- An angry argument.
- a state of conflict between colors
- a state of conflict between persons
- a minor short-term fight
- a loud resonant repeating noise
verb
verb
- act in opposition to
- destroy property or hinder normal operations
- oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
- oppose or check by a counteraction
- (transitive) To deliberately act in opposition to, to thwart or frustrate.
- (transitive) To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on someone or something.
noun
verb
noun
prep
- Against; in opposition to.
- (music) Mashed up with.
- Compared with, as opposed to.
- (law) Bringing a legal action against, as used in the title of a court case in which the first party indicates the plaintiff (or appellant or the like), and the second indicates the defendant (or respondent or the like).
- Interacting with, especially to record reactions
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To oppose; to refuse to accept.
- express opposition through action or words
- (transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
- (transitive) To withstand the actions of.
- withstand the force of something
- resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
- refuse to comply
- elude, especially in a baffling way
- stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To rebel, particularly against authority.
- To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
- (intransitive) To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at.
- (card games) to perform a revolution in Tycoon, reversing the card hierarchy
- (transitive) To repel greatly.
- To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
- cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
- make revolution
- fill with distaste
noun
verb
noun
- A person who resists an established authority, often violently.
- (US, historical) Synonym of Confederate: a citizen of the Confederate States of America, especially a Confederate soldier.
- a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
- someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
verb
verb
noun
- the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
- (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority
- a difference of opinion
- Disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc. of a political party, government or religion.
- An act of disagreeing with, or deviating from, the views and opinions of those holding authority.
- (sports) A violation that arises when disagreement with an official call is expressed in an inappropriate manner such as foul language, rude gestures, or failure to comply.
- (Anglo-American common law) A separate opinion filed in a case by judges who disagree with the outcome of the majority of the court in that case
noun
- Opposition; thwarting.
- A voyage across a body of water.
- (Philippines) Ellipsis of pedestrian crossing.
- Cross-breeding.
- (architecture) The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it.
- An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.
- (graph theory) A pair of intersecting edges.
- A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque.
- Movement into a crossed position.
- The act by which terrain or a road etc. is crossed.
- A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.
- (sociolinguistics) The appropriation of a form of language by somebody who is not a member of the group that speaks it.
- (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
- a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
- a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)
- traveling across
- a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
- a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
- a junction where one street or road crosses another
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verb
verb
- (intransitive, with to) To defy, to confront, to stand up to.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To be prominent; to point upwards.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To rob at gunpoint.
- (intransitive, with to) To maintain a commitment (as, to a proposition or role)
- (intransitive, with for) To speak or act in defence (of).
- (transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick, up. To put or post up by sticking.
- rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
- defend against attack or criticism
noun
- the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
- a direction opposite to another
- a body of people united in opposing something
- the relation between opposed entities
- a contestant that you are matched against
- the act of hostile groups opposing each other
- an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
- The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
- (law) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.
- (politics) A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.
- (logic) The difference of quantity or quality between two propositions having the same subject and predicate.
- An opposite or contrasting position.
- (chess) A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.
- (astronomy) The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.
noun
- the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
- the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
- the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents
- (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
- (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
- the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
- a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
- group action in opposition to those in power
- a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
- any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
- an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
- (physics) Electrical resistance.
- (physics) A force that tends to oppose motion.
- The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
- An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.
noun
- the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
- A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to).
- The act of objecting.
- the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
- the speech act of objecting
- (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality
- (law) An official protest raised in a court of law during a legal trial over a violation of the rules of the court by the opposing party.
intj
noun
- A person who resists an established authority, often violently.
- (US, historical) Synonym of Confederate: a citizen of the Confederate States of America, especially a Confederate soldier.
- a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
- someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
verb
noun
- Opposition; thwarting.
- A voyage across a body of water.
- (Philippines) Ellipsis of pedestrian crossing.
- Cross-breeding.
- (architecture) The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it.
- An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.
- (graph theory) A pair of intersecting edges.
- A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque.
- Movement into a crossed position.
- The act by which terrain or a road etc. is crossed.
- A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.
- (sociolinguistics) The appropriation of a form of language by somebody who is not a member of the group that speaks it.
- (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
- a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
- a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)
- traveling across
- a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
- a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
- a junction where one street or road crosses another
adj
verb
adj
noun
prep
verb
- To go against, resist; oppose.
- (transitive) To make helpless due to emotion.
- (intransitive, figurative) To lose vigour or power; to languish; to waste away; to pass away.
- (intransitive) To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.
- (intransitive) To become helpless due to emotion.
- (transitive) To cause to shrivel or dry up.
- wither, as with a loss of moisture
- lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
noun
verb
- To object to something vociferously; to rail against in speech.
- speak against in an impassioned manner
- To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
- To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking.
- recite in elocution
verb
- (intransitive) To make a strong objection.
- express opposition through action or words
- To object to.
- To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
- (law, transitive) to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained by non-acceptance or non-payment of (a bill or note). This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix.
- (transitive) To affirm (something).
- (transitive, chiefly Canada, US) To publicly demonstrate against.
- utter words of protest
- affirm or avow formally or solemnly
noun
- The noting by a notary public of an unpaid or unaccepted bill.
- A written declaration, usually by the master of a ship, stating the circumstances attending loss or damage of ship or cargo, etc.
- A formal objection, especially one by a group.
- A collective gesture of disapproval; a demonstration.
- a formal and solemn declaration of objection
- the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
- the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval
verb
- To press against.
- (copulative) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
- To hang outwards.
- To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
- (Followed by against, on, or upon) To rest or rely, for support, comfort, to use as a hard surface for writing, etc.
- (intransitive) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
- cause to lean to the side
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- rely on for support
- cause to lean or incline
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
adj
- (business) Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing".
- Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
- (of meat) Having little fat.
- Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
- (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
- containing little excess
- not profitable or prosperous
- lacking in mineral content or combustible material
- lacking excess flesh
noun
- (uncountable) Meat with no fat on it.
- (US slang) A recreational drug composed of codeine-promethazine cough syrup mixed with usually soda and associated with the hip-hop culture of the Southern United States.
- (countable, biology) An organism that is lean in stature.
- (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
verb
- be against; express opposition to
- fight against or resist strongly
- To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.
- To object to.
- be resistant to
- act against or in opposition to
- contrast with equal weight or force
- set into opposition or rivalry
- To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
- To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
verb
adj
adv
noun
- The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
- A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted.
- A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
- An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
- (typography) The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
- The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
- (nautical) The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
- (grammar) A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
- counterattack
- In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
- A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
- (programming) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
- In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
- (historical) The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
- (martial arts) A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
- (music) Alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor.
- (Internet) A hit counter.
- One who counts.
- (curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
- game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
- (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
- a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot
- table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
- a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
- a person who counts things
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- a return punch (especially by a boxer)
verb
- fight against or resist strongly
- argue or speak in defense of
- be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
- be on the defensive; act against an attack
- protect against a challenge or attack
- state or assert
- protect or fight for as a champion
- (transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
- (cricket) Mostly in tests. The action of not putting force into hitting a shot, but to conserve energy and wear down bowlers so they can attack later.
- (sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
- (poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind.
- (sports) To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous instance of that competition.
- (transitive, law) To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
- (transitive) To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
verb
- fight against or resist strongly
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
- be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
- make a strenuous or labored effort
- (reciprocal) To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle etc.
- (transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
- (intransitive) Of colours or other design elements: to clash; to fail to harmonize.
- (transitive) To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare, a cause, etc.).
- (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
- (intransitive) To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success.
- (transitive) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
- (causative) To cause to fight; to manage or manoeuvre in a fight.
noun
- an intense verbal dispute
- the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
- a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
- a boxing or wrestling match
- an aggressive willingness to compete
- (uncountable) The will or ability to fight.
- A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.
- An occasion of fighting.
- A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
- (sports) A boxing or martial arts match.
verb
- to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of
- to strive or contend about; to contest
- (intransitive) to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
- (transitive) to make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss
- have a disagreement over something
- take exception to
noun
verb
- To act against; to thwart or obstruct.
- (carpentry) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
- (transitive) To travel across, to go through, to pass through, particularly under difficult conditions.
- (law) To deny formally.
- (climbing) To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
- (intransitive, fencing) To use the motions of opposition or counteraction.
- (transitive, computing) To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
- To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
- (weaponry) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
- To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
- (engineering, skiing) To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate.
- deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
- to cover or extend over an area or time period
- travel across or pass over
adj
adv
noun
- (climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
- (nautical) A traverse board.
- (military) In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.
- (nautical) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
- (geometry) A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
- Something that thwarts or obstructs.
- (architecture) A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
- (surveying) A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject, usually for use as "control" i.e. angular reference system for later surveying work.
- (law) A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc ("without this", i.e. without what follows).
- a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
- travel across
- a horizontal beam that extends across something
- taking a zigzag path on skis
verb
- To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
- (transitive) To strike with the head
- (by extension) To check or restrain.
- (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
- (fishing, transitive) To remove the head from (a fish).
- (transitive, of hardware) To form a head (on or to); to fit or furnish (something) with a head.
- (transitive) To cut off the top of; to lop off.
- (transitive) To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
- (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.)
- To set on the head.
- (intransitive) To form a head.
- (intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
- To go in front of.
- form a head or come or grow to a head
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- take its rise
- to go or travel towards
- be in the front of or on top of
- remove the head of
- be in charge of
- be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
adj
noun
- (lacrosse) The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
- (UK, Ireland, metonymic) A headteacher.
- (automotive) The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
- A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
- (journalism) Ellipsis of headline.
- A headdress; a covering for the head.
- (slang, countable) A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
- Topic; subject.
- A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.
- The antlers of a deer.
- The larger-diameter end of an unused rivet, properly the factory head or ambiguously the shop head, as opposed to the bucktail which is passed through the items to be fastened and then upset into an appropriate shape, generally pancake-shaped for a solid rivet or doughnut-shaped for a blind rivet, called the field head or ambiguously the shop head.
- (coopering) The end cap of a cask or other barrel.
- (billiards) The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.
- An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.
- (social, countable, metonymic) A leader or expert.
- (British, geology) Deposits near the top of a geological succession.
- (plural head) A single animal; measure word for livestock and game.
- The place of honor or command; the most important or foremost position; the front.
- The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
- (jazz) The principal melody or theme of a piece.
- Either, or in plural both, ends of a used rivet, the factory head and the field head.
- (medicine) The end of an abscess where pus collects.
- (computing) The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.
- (machining) A milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.
- The sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer.
- A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
- The population of game.
- (nautical) The toilet of a ship.
- The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
- (figurative, metonymic) Mind; one's own thoughts.
- (slang) The glans penis.
- (figurative, metonymic) An individual person.
- (linguistics) A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
- (chemistry) The first fraction of a distillation run, having a low boiling point.
- (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
- (uncountable, countable) The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
- Headway; progress.
- The leafy top part of a tree.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
- A title or heading in a book or other document.
- (anatomy) The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
- The top edge of a sail.
- (in the plural) Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
- (geology) The uppermost part of a valley.
- (only in the singular) Denouement; crisis.
- (music) A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.
- More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
- (music) The headstock of a guitar.
- The bow of a vessel.
- The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
- (British) A headland.
- (music, slang, figurative, metonymic) A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.
- (uncountable, countable) A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
- (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
- The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
- The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.
- (engineering) The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
- forward movement
- that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
- a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
- the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
- a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
- a single domestic animal
- the part in the front or nearest the viewer
- (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
- (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
- a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
- the top of something
- the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
- (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- the educator who has executive authority for a school
- (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
- the front of a military formation or procession
- the pressure exerted by a fluid
- a person who is in charge
- the source of water from which a stream arises
- a difficult juncture
- an individual person
- the striking part of a tool
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
- a user of (usually soft) drugs
- oral stimulation of the genitals
- a rounded compact mass
- a projection out from one end
- a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
- the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
- the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
- the subject matter at issue
verb
- (intransitive) To argue angrily.
- (intransitive, of clothes, decor, colours) To fail to look good together; to contrast unattractively; to fail to harmonize.
- (intransitive, slang, video games) To play Clash Royale or Clash of Clans.
- (transitive) To cause to make a clashing sound.
- (intransitive, of events) To coincide, to happen at the same time, thereby rendering it impossible to attend all.
- (intransitive) To make a clashing sound.
- (intransitive, Scotland) To chatter or gossip.
- (intransitive) To come into violent conflict.
- (intransitive, in games or sports) To face each other in an important game.
- be incompatible; be or come into conflict
- disagree violently
- crash together with violent impact
noun
- (sports) match; a game between two sides.
- (onomatopoeia) A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects; a crash.
- Opposition; contradiction; such as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes etc.
- (hurling) An instance of restarting the game after a "dead ball", where it is dropped between two opposing players, who can fight for possession.
- (Scotland) Chatter; gossip; idle talk.
- A skirmish, a hostile encounter.
- A combination of garments that do not look good together, especially because of conflicting colours.
- An angry argument.
- a state of conflict between colors
- a state of conflict between persons
- a minor short-term fight
- a loud resonant repeating noise
verb
verb
- act in opposition to
- destroy property or hinder normal operations
- oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
- oppose or check by a counteraction
- (transitive) To deliberately act in opposition to, to thwart or frustrate.
- (transitive) To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on someone or something.
noun
verb
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To oppose; to refuse to accept.
- express opposition through action or words
- (transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
- (transitive) To withstand the actions of.
- withstand the force of something
- resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
- refuse to comply
- elude, especially in a baffling way
- stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To rebel, particularly against authority.
- To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
- (intransitive) To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at.
- (card games) to perform a revolution in Tycoon, reversing the card hierarchy
- (transitive) To repel greatly.
- To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
- cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
- make revolution
- fill with distaste
noun
verb
verb
noun
- the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
- (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority
- a difference of opinion
- Disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc. of a political party, government or religion.
- An act of disagreeing with, or deviating from, the views and opinions of those holding authority.
- (sports) A violation that arises when disagreement with an official call is expressed in an inappropriate manner such as foul language, rude gestures, or failure to comply.
- (Anglo-American common law) A separate opinion filed in a case by judges who disagree with the outcome of the majority of the court in that case
verb
- (intransitive, with to) To defy, to confront, to stand up to.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To be prominent; to point upwards.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To rob at gunpoint.
- (intransitive, with to) To maintain a commitment (as, to a proposition or role)
- (intransitive, with for) To speak or act in defence (of).
- (transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick, up. To put or post up by sticking.
- rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
- defend against attack or criticism
adj
- Obstinate and unruly; strongly opposed to something.
- (biology) Incapable of registering a reaction or stimulus.
- Not affected by great heat.
- (medicine) Resistant to treatment; not responding adequately to therapy.
- temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to a process or stimulus
- stubbornly resistant to authority or control
- not responding to treatment