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FOUGHT
FIGHT
contend, fight, struggle
(verb) be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; “the tribesmen fought each other”; “Siblings are always fighting”; “Militant groups are contending for control of the country”
fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
(verb) fight against or resist strongly; “The senator said he would oppose the bill”; “Don’t fight it!”
fight, struggle
(verb) make a strenuous or labored effort; “She struggled for years to survive without welfare”; “He fought for breath”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Fought (plural Foughts)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fought is the 22281st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1157 individuals. Fought is most common among White (95.59%) individuals.
Verb
fought
simple past tense and past participle of fight
Source: Wiktionary
Fought,
Definition: imp. & p. p. of Fight.
FIGHT
Fight, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fought; p. pr. & vb. n. Fighting.] Etym: [OE. fihten, fehten, AS. feohtan; akin to D. vechten, OHG. fehtan, G. fechten, Sw. fäkta, Dan. fegte, and perh. to E. fist; cf. L. pugnare to fight, pugnus fist.]
1. To strive or contened for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; -- followed by with or against. You do fight against your country's foes. Shak. To fight with thee no man of arms will deign. Milton.
2. To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance. To fight shy, to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters; to keep out of reach.
Fight, v. t.
1. To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by struggle, as one's way; to sustain by fighting, as a cause. He had to fight his way through the world. Macaulay. I have fought a good fight. 2 Tim. iv. 7.
2. To contend with in battle; to war against; as, they fought the enemy in two pitched battles; the sloop fought the frigate for three hours.
3. To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as, to fight cocks; to fight one's ship. To fight it out, to fight until a decisive and conclusive result is reached.
Fight, n. Etym: [OE. fight, feht, AS. feoht. See Fight, v. i.]
1. A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a combat; a violent conflict or struggle for victory, between individuals or between armies, ships, or navies, etc. Who now defies thee thrice to single fight. Milton.
2. A struggle or contest of any kind.
3. Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as, he has a great deal of fight in him. [Colloq.]
4. A screen for the combatants in ships. [Obs.] Up with your fights, and your nettings prepare. Dryden. Running fight, a fight in which the enemy is continually chased; also, one which continues without definite end or result.
Syn.
– Combat; engagement; contest; struggle; encounter; fray; affray; action; conflict. See Battle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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