verb
spring back; spring away from an impact
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The rubber ball bounced
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These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
• Syn:
• Derivationally related forms:
↑ricochet (for: ↑ricochet), ↑recoil (for: ↑recoil), ↑rebound (for: ↑rebound), ↑bound (for: ↑bound), ↑spring (for: ↑spring), ↑resilient (for: ↑resile), ↑resiliency (for: ↑resile), ↑bounce (for: ↑bounce)
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s
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Something is ——ing PP
Useful english dictionary. 2012.