obey
verb
Definitions of obey verb
- B2TransitiveIntransitive
To act in accordance with a request or order from someone in authority, or to behave in accordance with a rule, law, or instruction.
The recruits declined to obey the sergeant's commands.
Company employees must obey the company's regulations.
All citizens are expected to obey the laws of the land.
- Transitive
To behave according to a scientific principle.
The movements of the planets obey the laws of physics.
The boiling of water obeys the laws of thermodynamics.
Electric current flows obeying the laws of electromagnetism.
- Transitive
If your body or part of your body does not obey you, it does not function as it should.
After a long hike, her legs refused to obey her any longer.
He was so exhausted that his arms wouldn't obey him.
He felt weak and even his fingers wouldn't obey him.