(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ something such as a change, you refuse to accept it and try to prevent it.
She says she will ~ a single European currency being imposed...
They ~ed our attempts to modernize the distribution of books.
= oppose
VERB: V n -ing, V n
2.
If you ~ someone or ~ an attack by them, you fight back against them.
The man was shot outside his house as he tried to ~ arrest...
When she had attempted to cut his nails he ~ed.
VERB: V n, V
3.
If you ~ doing something, or ~ the temptation to do it, you stop yourself from doing it although you would like to do it.
Students should ~ the temptation to focus on exams alone...
VERB: oft with neg, V n/-ing
4.
If someone or something ~s damage of some kind, they are not damaged.
...bodies trained and toughened to ~ the cold...
= withstand
VERB: V n