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1. (v.i.) wrestle
to engage in wrestling.
2. wrestle
to contend or struggle, as for mastery; grapple:
to wrestle with one's conscience.
3. (v.t.) wrestle
to contend with in wrestling.
4. wrestle
to force by or as if by wrestling.
5. wrestle
to throw (a calf or other animal) for branding.
6. (n.) wrestle
an act of or a bout at wrestling.
7. wrestle
a struggle.
Etymology: (bef. 1100; ME; OE *wræmacr;stlian (cf. OE wræmacr;stlere wrestler))
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| Definition of 'Wrestle' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) wrestle, wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle
the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
"they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"
2. (verb) wrestle
combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force
"He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"
3. (verb) wrestle
engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate
"I wrestled with this decision for years"
4. (verb) writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
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"
5. (verb) wrestle
engage in a wrestling match
"The children wrestled in the garden"
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1. (verb) wrestle
to fight by holding and pushing sb to the ground
Police officers wrestled the gunman to the ground.
2. wrestle
to take part in the sport of wrestling
He wrestles for Russia.
3. wrestle
to struggle to make sth work
I've been wrestling with these spreadsheets all morning.
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| Definition of 'Wrestle' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Wrestle
a struggle between two persons to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle
2. (verb) Wrestle
to contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully
3. (verb) Wrestle
hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend
4. (verb) Wrestle
to wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling
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Sense: to struggle physically (with someone), especially as a sport.
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 Afrikaans: worstel, stoei |
 Arabic: يُصارِع |
 Bulgarian: боря (се) |
 Brazilian: disputar |
 Czech: zápasit |
 German: ringen |
 Danish: bryde |
 Greek: παλεύω, πυγμαχώ |
 Spanish: luchar con/contra |
 Estonian: maadlema |
 Farsi: کشتی گرفتن |
 Finnish: painia |
 French: lutter |
 Hebrew: לְהֵיאָבֵק |
 Hindi: कुश्ती लडना |
 Croatian: rvati se |
 Hungarian: birkózik |
 Indonesian: bergulat |
 Icelandic: glíma/berjast við |
 Italian: lottare |
 Japanese: 格闘する |
 Korean: 격투하다, 씨름하다 |
 Lithuanian: eiti imtynių |
 Latvian: cīkstēties; lauzties |
 Malay: bergelut |
 Dutch: worstelen |
 Norwegian: bryte, slåss |
 Polish: mocować się |
 Persian: کشتی گرفتن |
 Pashto: په مسابقه اچول، په غيږ ور |
 Portuguese: lutar |
 Romanian: a lupta |
 Russian: бороться |
 Slovak: zápasiť |
 Slovenian: boriti se |
 Serbian: rvati se |
 Swedish: brottas |
 Thai: มวยปล้ำ |
 Turkish: güreşmek |
 Taiwanese: 摔角 |
 Ukrainian: боротися |
 Urdu: کشتی لڑنا |
 Vietnamese: vật |
 Chinese: 摔跤 |
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