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Repel
repel
(repels, repelling, repelled) 1. When an army repels an attack, they successfully fight and drive back soldiers from another army who have attacked them. (FORMAL) They have fifty thousand troops along the border ready to repel any attack. VERB: V n 2. 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. (TECHNICAL) Like poles repel, unlike poles attract... As these electrons are negatively charged they will attempt to repel each other. V-RECIP: pl-n V, V n 3. If something repels you, you find it horrible and disgusting. ...a violent excitement that frightened and repelled her. = revolt VERB: no cont, V n • repelled She was very striking but in some way I felt repelled. ADJ
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verb (~led; ~ling) Etymology: Middle English ~len, from Middle French ~ler, from Latin ~lere, from re- + pellere to drive — more at felt Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to drive back ; repulse b. to fight against ; resist 2. turn away, reject ~led the insinuation 3. a. to drive away ; discourage foul words and frowns must not ~ a lover — Shakespeare b. to be incapable of adhering to, mixing with, taking up, or holding c. to force away or apart or tend to do so by mutual action at a distance 4. to cause aversion in ; disgust intransitive verb to cause aversion • ~ler noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. (repelled, repelling) 1 drive back; ward off; repulse. 2 refuse admission or approach or acceptance to (repel an assailant). 3 be repulsive or distasteful to. Derivatives repeller n. Etymology: ME f. L repellere (as RE-, pellere puls- drive) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. отгонять; отбрасывать; отталкивать; отражать; отбивать to repel an attack —- отразить (отбить) атаку to repel an enemy —- отбить противника to repel temptation —- победить искушение this stuff repels mosquitoes —- это средство отгоняет (отпугивает) москитов 2. отвергать, отклонять to repel an offer —- отклонить (отвергнуть) предложение to repel an accusation —- отвергнуть обвинение 3. отказать to repel a suitor —- отказать жениху 4. вызывать отвращение, неприязнь his manners repel me —- его манеры вызывают у меня неприязнь his slatternly appearance repel me —- мне отвратителен его неопрятный вид 5. спец. отталкивать this material repels water —- это водоотталкивающий материал water repels oil —- вода не смешивается с маслом 6. ам. сл. победить (в состязаниях) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) отгонять; отталкивать, отбрасывать, отражать; to repel an attack - отразить нападение 2) отвергать, отклонять; to repel an offer - отклонить предложение; to repel an accusation - отвергнуть обвинение 3) вызывать отвращение, неприязнь; His manners repel me. 4) phys. отталкивать; water and oil repel each other - вода не смешивается с маслом; The oil in a ducks feathers repels the water from its body. 5) amer.; sport; sl. победить ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ v repelled, repelling 1 if something repels you, you want to avoid it because you do not like it (Her heavy make-up and cheap scent repelled him.) 2 to fight a group or military force and make them stop attacking you (repel invaders | repel an attack) 3 to keep something or someone away from you (Fire repels wild animals.) 4 technical if two things repel each other they push each other away with an electrical force ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1421, from O.Fr. repeller, from L. repellere "to drive back," from re- "back" + pellere "to drive, strike." Meaning "to affect (a person) with distaste or aversion" is from 1817. Repellent (adj.) is from 1643, originally of medicines (that reduced tumors); meaning "distasteful, disagreeable" first recorded 1797. The noun sense of "substance that repels insects" first recorded 1908. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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