ALL meanings of repel
re·pel
R r - transitive verb repel insects, etc: keep away 1
- transitive verb repel repulse, disgust 1
- transitive verb repel physics: oppose 1
- verb with object repel to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.). 1
- verb with object repel to thrust back or away. 1
- verb with object repel to resist effectively (an attack, onslaught, etc.). 1
- verb with object repel to keep off or out; fail to mix with: Water and oil repel each other. 1
- verb with object repel to resist the absorption or passage of (water or other liquid): This coat repels rain. 1
- verb with object repel to refuse to have to do with; resist involvement in: to repel temptation. 1
- verb with object repel to refuse to accept or admit; reject: to repel a suggestion. 1
- verb with object repel to discourage the advances of (a person): He repelled me with his harshness. 1
- verb with object repel to cause distaste or aversion in: Their untidy appearance repelled us. 1
- verb with object repel to push back or away by a force, as one body acting upon another (opposed to attract): The north pole of one magnet will repel the north pole of another. 1
- verb without object repel to act with a force that drives or keeps away something. 1
- verb without object repel to cause distaste or aversion. 1
- verb repel When an army repels an attack, they successfully fight and drive back soldiers from another army who have attacked them. 0
- verb repel When a magnetic pole repels another magnetic pole, it gives out a force that pushes the other pole away. You can also say that two magnetic poles repel each other or that they repel. 0
- verb repel If something repels you, you find it horrible and disgusting. 0
- verb repel to force or drive back (something or somebody, esp an attacker) 0
- verb repel to produce a feeling of aversion or distaste in (someone or something); be disgusting (to) 0
- verb repel to push aside; dismiss 0
- verb repel to be effective in keeping away, controlling, or resisting 0
- verb repel to have no affinity for; fail to mix with or absorb 0
- verb repel to disdain to accept (something); turn away from or spurn 0
- verb repel to exert an opposing force on (something) 0
- verb transitive repel to drive or force back; hold or ward off 0
- verb transitive repel to refuse to accept, agree to, or submit to; reject 0
- verb transitive repel to refuse to accept (a person); spurn 0
- verb transitive repel to cause distaste or dislike in; disgust 0
- verb transitive repel to cause (insects, etc.) to react by staying away 0
- verb transitive repel to be resistant to, or present an opposing force to 0
- verb transitive repel to fail to mix with or adhere to 0
- intransitive verb repel to drive off, or offer an opposing force to, something 0
- intransitive verb repel to cause distaste, dislike, or aversion 0