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vzepřít se — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • balk noun An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
  • defy verb To openly refuse to obey or comply with something.

Senses

vzepřít se is used for these senses in English:

  • defy (transitive) To refuse to obey.

balk — full definition

  1. noun An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
  2. noun The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
  3. noun Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".
  4. noun A hindrance or disappointment; a check.

defy — full definition

  1. verb To openly refuse to obey or comply with something.
  2. verb To resist or fail to conform to something, as if impossible to overcome.

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