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| English Dictionary: wrestle |
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| 5 results for wrestle |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- wrestle
- n
- 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(s): wrestle, wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle
- v
- combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He
wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"
- engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled with this decision for years"
- 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(s): writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
- engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the garden"
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Wrestle \Wres"tle\, n.
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.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Wrestle \Wres"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wrestled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Wrestling}.] [OE. wrestlen, wrastlen, AS. wr[?]stlian,
freq. of wr[?]stan 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.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Wrestle \Wres"tle\, v. t.
To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.
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| From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: |
Wrestle
(Eph. 6:12). See {GAMES}.
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