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WRESTLE
wrestle, wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle
(noun) the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; “they had a fierce wrestle”; “we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully”
wrestle
(verb) engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; “I wrestled with this decision for years”
wrestle
(verb) combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; “He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority”
wrestle
(verb) engage in a wrestling match; “The children wrestled in the garden”
writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
wrestle (plural wrestles)
A wrestling bout.
A struggle.
Verb
wrestle (third-person singular simple present wrestles, present participle wrestling, simple past and past participle wrestled)
(intransitive) To contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw, immobilize or otherwise defeat him, depending on the specific rules of the contest
(intransitive) To struggle or strive
(transitive) To take part in a wrestling match with someone
(transitive) To move or lift something with difficulty
(transitive) To throw a calf etc in order to brand it
(transitive) To fight.
Anagrams
• Lewters, Welters, swelter, welters
Source: Wiktionary
Wres"tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wrestled; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrestling.] Etym: [OE. wrestlen, wrastlen, AS. wr, freq. of wr to wrest; akin to OD. wrastelen to wrestle. See Wrest, v. t.]
1. To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully. To-morrow, sir, I wrestle for my credit, and he that escapes me without some broken limb shall acquit him well. Shak. Another, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of the clavicle from the sternum. Wiseman.
2. Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend. Come, wrestle with thy affections. Shak. We wrestle not against flesh and blood. Eph. vi. 12. Difficulties with which he had himself wrestled. M. Arnold.
Wres"tle, v. t.
Definition: To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.
Wres"tle, n.
Definition: A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle. Whom in a wrestle the giant catching aloft, with a terrible hug broke three of his ribs. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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