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# repel

«repel» in Mova's school dictionary: **to push it away or keep it away** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (repel, repels, repelled, repelling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To repel something is to push it away or keep it away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repel/#m1)

2) In science, two magnets repel when their same poles (north–north or south–south) push each other apart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repel/#m2)

3) To repel can also mean to make someone feel disgusted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repel/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on magnets: like poles repel, unlike poles attract. In everyday safety, insect repellent spray keeps mosquitoes away; waterproof coats repel water. Phrases: «repel insects», «magnets repel», «water-repellent».

### examples

- Two north poles of magnets repel each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repel/#x1)
- This spray repels mosquitoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repel/#x2)
- A raincoat repels water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repel/#x3)
- The castle walls repelled the attackers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repel/#x4)
- The smell of the rotten fish repelled everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repel/#x5)
- Try to push two magnets together — feel how they repel! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repel/#x6)
- When, therefore, they sighted the Argo from afar they armed themselves and rushed to the shore, determined to repel any invasion of their territory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repel/#x7)

### note

Past: «repelled», «repelling» (double l). Noun/adjective: «repellent» (insect repellent). Opposite: «attract». Rule: same poles repel, opposite poles attract.

### In the corpora

- [Opposite poles of two magnets attract and like poles repel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/51-forces/18/)
- [Like poles repel each other and unlike poles attract.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/81-magnets/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «repel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.