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repel - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To ward off or keep away; drive back.
- intransitive verb To offer resistance to; fight against.
- intransitive verb To refuse to accept or submit to; reject.
- intransitive verb To refuse to accept (someone); spurn.
- intransitive verb To cause aversion or distaste in: synonym: disgust.
- intransitive verb To be resistant to; be incapable of absorbing or mixing with.
- intransitive verb Physics To present an opposing force to; push back or away from by a force.
- intransitive verb To offer a resistant force to something.
- intransitive verb To cause aversion or distaste.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To drive back; force to return; check the advance of; repulse: as, to
repel an assailant. - To encounter in any manner with effectual resistance; resist; oppose; reject: as, to
repel an encroachment; to repel an argument. - To drive back or away: the opposite of
attract . Seerepulsion . - Synonyms and Decline, Reject, etc. (see
refuse ), parry, ward off, defeat. - To act with force in opposition to force impressed; antagonize.
- In medicine, to prevent such an afflux of fluids to any particular part as would render it tumid or swollen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.
- transitive verb To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to
repel an enemy or an assailant. - transitive verb To resist or oppose effectually.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, sports To
save (a shot)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb fill with distaste
- verb reject outright and bluntly
- verb be repellent to; cause aversion in
- verb force or drive back
- verb cause to move back by force or influence
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English repellen, from Old French repeller, from Latin repellere : re-, re- + pellere, to drive; see pel- in Indo-European roots.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Middle English repellen, from Old French * repeller, from Latin repellere ("to drive back"), from re- ("back") + pellere ("to drive").
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Examples
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Poles of the same name repel each other; poles of unlike name attract each other.
General Science Bertha M. Clark
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Magnetic power generators make electricity in the following way: If you want to generate cheap electricity, you have to understand that opposites attract and likes repel, which is the essence of magnetic power.
EzineArticles 2010
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So while 'repel' may not be the right word, these chinos are water resistant, a brisk shake and all the water fell to the ground.
BSNYC Product Review: Outlier Winterweight OG Pant BikeSnobNYC 2010
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With a similar obnoxious edge to Beyonce's infamous 'if you like it than you should have put a ring on it' lyric, it will either hit a big red 'repel' button or go straight in as your song of the year.
Irish Blogs 2010
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With a similar obnoxious edge to Beyonce's infamous 'if you like it than you should have put a ring on it' lyric, it will either hit a big red 'repel' button or go straight in as your song of the year.
Irish Blogs State Magazine 2010
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I even had bites all over my bum following an emergency toilet situation which caught me off guard as I had not had the foresight to "repel" this area of my body!
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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National Enquirer, she's taking time out to focus on "inner growth" and figure out why she seems to constantly "repel" men.
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One corpsman remarked in a letter home, “The engineers and technicians teach us to be soil soldiers, a name they call us here, because we are the army who are training to repel the enemies of the land.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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Another friend of mine swears by rubbing dryer sheets on his exposed skin to repel mosquito's.
Related Words
synonyms (148)
Words with the same meaning
- abjure
- anticipate
- appall
- avert
- bar
- be proof against
- bear up
- bear up against
- beat back
- beat off
- block
- blunt
- brush aside
- brush off
- buck
- chase
- chase away
- chase off
- check
- chill
- chuck
- chuck out
- combat
- contemn
- contest
- contradict
- cool
- counter
- cut
- damp
- dampen
- debar
- decline
- defend
- deflect
- defy
- deny
- despise
- deter
- disaffect
- disapprove
- discard
- disclaim
- discount
- discourage
- disdain
- disgust
- dishearten
- disincline
- disinterest
- dismiss
- disown
- dispute
- disregard
- distract
- divert
- drive away
- drive back
- duel
- endure
- estop
- except
- exclude
- fence
- fend
- fend off
- fight
- forbid
- foreclose
- forestall
- forswear
- give offense
- gross out
- help
- hinder
- hold at bay
- hold off
- hold out
- hold up
- horrify
- ignore
- indispose
- keep at bay
- keep from
- keep off
- nauseate
- obstruct
- obviate
- offend
- oppose
- pack off
- parry
- pass by
- pass up
- preclude
- prevent
- prohibit
- push aside
- push back
- put back
- put off
- quench
- rebuff
- rebut
- recant
- refuse
- refuse to consider
- refuse to receive
- reject
- reluct
- renounce
- repercuss
- repudiate
- repulse
- resist
- revolt
- rule out
- save
- scout
- send away
- send off
- send packing
- shock
- shove away
- sicken
- snub
- spurn
- stand
- stand up
- stave off
- stop
- throw away
- throw out
- thrust back
- traverse
- tu repulse
- turn aside
- turn away
- turn back
- turn from
- turn off
- turn out
- turn the stomach
- waive
- ward
- ward off
- wean from
- withstand
antonyms (1)
Words with the opposite meaning
hypernyms (14)
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forms (7)
Forms
cross-references (2)
Cross-references
rhymes (146)
Words with the same terminal sound
- Adel
- Adele
- Bel
- Bell
- Belle
- Burrell
- Cabell
- Carmel
- Cavell
- Chanel
- Cornell
- Cosell
- Danielle
- Del
- El
- Estelle
- Excel
- Farewell
- Giselle
- Hell
- Helle
- Hillel
- Intel
- Isabell
- Janelle
- Joelle
- L
- L.
- Lyell
- Mabelle
- Mademoiselle
- Manuel
- Marcel
- Marvell
- Mel
- Michel
- Michele
- Michelle
- Miguel
- Moselle
- Nell
- Nobel
- Noel
- Noelle
- Patel
- Purcell
- Raphael
- Raquel
- Ravel
- Rebel
- Rozelle
- Selle
- Shell
- Tavel
- abele
- arvel
- bandshell
- bedel
- befell
- bel
- bell
- belle
- bendel
- boutell
- capelle
- cartel
- carvel
- cattell
- cel
- cell
- clientele
- compel
- cornell
- del
- dell
- dispel
- dwell
- el
- ell
- excel
- expel
- farewell
- fel
- fell
- ferrel
- foretell
- gabel
- gazelle
- gel
- gell
- get-well
- hell
- hotel
- impel
- intel
- jell
- kal
- kell
- knell
- l
- l.
- lapel
- mademoiselle
- mantell
- marcel
- materiel
- mel
- mell
- melle
- misspell
- morel
- motel
- nevel
- nobel
- noel
- outsell
- pastel
- pell
- pelle
- personnel
- propel
- quel
- quell
- ravel
- rebel
- resell
- retell
- rochelle
- ruelle
- sel
- sell
- selle
- shell
- smell
- snell
- spell
- stell
- swell
- tel
- tell
- twaddell
- unsell
- varvel
- well
- yell
- zel
oroboros commented on the word repel
leper in reverse
December 27, 2006