LEARNit Dictionary

defy

verb
C1+
1
C1+
to refuse to obey or show respect for somebody in authority, a law, a rule, etc.
نافرمانی کردن, سرپیچی کردن, اطاعت نکردن
2
C1+
to be impossible or almost impossible to believe, explain, describe, etc.
غیرقابل باور بودن, غیرقابل توضیح بودن
a political move that defies explanation
The beauty of the scene defies description.
His face was so odd that it defies description.
3
C1+
to successfully resist something to a very unusual degree
مقاومت کردن, زیربار نرفتن, نافرمانی کردن
The baby boy defied all the odds and survived .
see also death-defying