wrestle

v. struggle with; scuffle, fight, contend in a wrestling match

n. struggle; act or bout of wrestling; grappling

(v. t.)
To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.
  

(v. t.)
To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.
  

(v. t.)
Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend.
  

(n.)
A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle.
  

(Eph. 6:12). See GAMES.

Noun
1. the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"
(synonym) wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle
(hypernym) struggle
Verb
1. combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"
(hypernym) battle, combat
(derivation) wrestler, grappler, matman
2. engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled with this decision for years"
(hypernym) consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate
3. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"
(synonym) writhe, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) wrench
4. engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the garden"
(hypernym) fight, struggle
(hyponym) mudwrestle, mud-wrestle
(derivation) wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle

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