wrestle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: wrestle	by the DICT Development Group
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"
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.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wrestle \Wres"tle\, v. t. To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Wrestle (Eph. 6:12). See {GAMES}.