Wrestle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To contend by grappling and attempting to throw or immobilize one's opponent, especially under contest rules.
  • verb-intransitive. To contend or struggle: wrestling with budget cuts.
  • verb-intransitive. To strive in an effort to master something: wrestle with one's conscience.
  • v. To take part in (a wrestling match).
  • v. To take part in a wrestling match with.
  • v. To move or lift with great effort and force: wrestled the piano up the stairs.
  • v. To throw (a calf or other animal) for branding.
  • n. The act or a bout of wrestling.
  • n. A struggle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A wrestling bout.
  • n. A struggle.
  • v. To contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw, immobilize or otherwise defeat him, depending on the specific rules of the contest
  • v. To struggle or strive
  • v. To take part in a wrestling match with someone
  • v. To move or lift something with difficulty
  • v. To throw a calf etc in order to brand it
  • v. To fight
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent.
  • verb-intransitive. Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend.
  • v. To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.
  • n. A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • l. To twist or wind about; especially, to writhe; wriggle; squirm; struggle, as with the limbs.
  • To struggle in a hand-to-hand contest; strive, as for some advantage or for mastery, with bodily strength and adroitness; specifically, to struggle, as two persons striving to throw each other to the ground, especially in a contest governed by certain fixed rules.
  • To contend in any way, as in a struggle for mastery; maintain opposition or resistance, especially against a moral foe or force; strive.
  • To deal, as with a troublesome duty; apply one's self vigorously; grapple: as, to wrestle with a knotty problem; to wrestle with a distasteful task.
  • Hence, to devote one's self earnestly to prayer; pray.
  • To contend with in wrestling: as, I will wrestle you for so much.
  • On a cattle-range, to throw for the purpose of branding, as an animal.
  • n. A bout at wrestling; a wrestling-match.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
  • v. engage in a wrestling match
  • v. engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate
  • v. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
  • v. combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force
  • Verb Form
    wrestled    wrestles    wrestless    wrestling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    struggle    moot    consider    debate    deliberate    turnover    battle    combat   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    contend    struggle    tug   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    gesell    messel    nestle    pressel    tressel    trestle    vessel    vessell   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts