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English Dictionary: struggle	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for struggle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
struggle n an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition" Synonym(s): struggle, battle 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" Synonym(s): conflict, struggle, battle strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her" v make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath" Synonym(s): fight, struggle to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope" climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling Synonym(s): clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter 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" Synonym(s): contend, fight, struggle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Struggle \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Struggle \Strug"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Struggled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Struggling}.] [OE. strogelen; cf. Icel. strj[?]ka 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.