'Wrestle' definitions:
Definition of 'wrestle'
From: WordNet
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" [syn: wrestle, wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle]
verb
Combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"
verb
Engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled with this decision for years"
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" [syn: writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist]
verb
Engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the garden"
Definition of 'Wrestle'
From: GCIDE
- Wrestle \Wres"tle\, v. t. To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wrestle'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Whom in a wrestle the giant catching aloft, with a terrible hug broke three of his ribs. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wrestle'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully. [1913 Webster]
- To-morrow, sir, I wrestle for my credit, and he that escapes me without some broken limb shall acquit him well. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Another, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of the clavicle from the sternum. --Wiseman. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend. [1913 Webster]
- Come, wrestle with thy affections. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- We wrestle not against flesh and blood. --Eph. vi. 12. [1913 Webster]
- Difficulties with which he had himself wrestled. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wrestle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agonize,
- battle,
- box,
- brawl,
- broil,
- buffet,
- clash,
- close,
- collide,
- combat,
- come to blows,
- contend,
- contest,
- cut and thrust,
- duel,
- endeavor,
- essay,
- exchange blows,
- exert,
- fence,
- feud,
- fight,
- fight a duel,
- give and take,
- give satisfaction,
- grapple,
- grapple with,
- grunt and sweat,
- hassle,
- huff and puff,
- jostle,
- joust,
- labor,
- mix it up,
- moil,
- quarrel,
- rassle,
- riot,
- run a tilt,
- scramble,
- scuffle,
- skirmish,
- spar,
- strain,
- stretch,
- strive,
- struggle,
- thrust and parry,
- tilt,
- toil,
- tourney,
- travail,
- tussle,
- wage war,
- war,
- work