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struggle

(noun) strenuous effort; “the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her”

struggle, battle

(noun) an energetic attempt to achieve something; “getting through the crowd was a real struggle”; “he fought a battle for recognition”

conflict, struggle, battle

(noun) an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); “the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph”--Thomas Paine; “police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs”

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”

struggle

(verb) to exert strenuous effort against opposition; “he struggled to get free from the rope”

clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter

(verb) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

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

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Etymology

Noun

struggle (plural struggles)

A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task.

(figurative) Strife, contention, great effort.

Verb

struggle (third-person singular simple present struggles, present participle struggling, simple past and past participle struggled)

To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.

To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See English catenative verbs

Anagrams

• gurglets

Source: Wiktionary

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Strug"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Struggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Struggling.] Etym: [OE. strogelen; cf. Icel. strj to stroke, to beat, to flog, Sw. stryka to stroke, to strike, Dan. stryge, G. straucheln to stumble. Cf. Stroll.]

1. To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

2. To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle with the waves; to struggle with adversity. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it [Gettysburg] far above our power to add or detract. Lincoln.

3. To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress. 'T is wisdom to beware, And better shun the bait than struggle in the snare. Dryden.

Syn.

– To strive; contend; labor; endeavor.

Strug"gle, n.

1. A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress.

2. Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil. Macaulay.

3. Contest; contention; strife. An honest might look upon the struggle with indifference. Addison.

Syn.

– Endeavor; effort; contest; labor; difficulty.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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