8. struggle a war, fight, conflict, or contest of any kind.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME struglen, stroglen, freq. v. (see -le ) formed on a base of obscure orig.)
Definition of 'struggle'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)struggle, battle an energetic attempt to achieve something "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
2. (noun)conflict, struggle, battle an openclash 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"
3. (verb)struggle strenuous effort "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"
4. (verb)fight, struggle make a strenuous or labored effort "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"
5. (verb)struggle to exert strenuous effort against opposition "he struggled to get free from the rope"
6. (verb)clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
7. (verb)contend, fight, struggle 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"
1. (verb)struggle to try hard to do sth difficult He struggled to overcome his learning difficulties.; Fish are struggling for survival in the lake.
2. struggle struggle against to try hard to end or prevent sth to struggle against racism
3. struggle to move when this is difficult She struggled out from under the bed where she had hidden.
4. struggle to fight with sb The two men struggled, trying to grab the gun.
5. struggle to argue with sb rival political groups struggling for power; the family's struggle to succeed; his struggle for recognition; a power struggle within the government; The man was killed in a struggle outside the club.
Definition of 'struggle'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)struggle a violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress
2. (noun)struggle great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil
Definitions of struggle 
Afrikaans: worstel, spook
Arabic: يُحاوِل الإفْلات بِعُنْف
Bulgarian: мъча се
Brazilian: debater-se
Czech: zmítat se
German: zappeln
Danish: vride sig; stritte imod
Greek: αγωνίζομαι, παλεύω
Spanish: luchar, forcejear
Estonian: rabelema
Farsi: مبارزه كردن
Finnish: rimpuilla
French: se débattre
Hebrew: לְהֵיאָבֵק
Hindi: हाथ-पैर मारना
Croatian: otimati se, opirati se
Hungarian: küzd
Indonesian: memberontak
Icelandic: brjótast um
Italian: dibattersi
Japanese: もがく
Korean: 몸부림치다
Lithuanian: grumtis, stengtis ištrūkt
Latvian: turēties/cīnīties pretī
Malay: bergelut
Dutch: spartelen
Norwegian: stritte mot, kjempe, slås
Polish: walczyć, wyrywać się
Persian: مبارزه كردن
Pashto: مبارزه کول
Portuguese: debater-se
Romanian: a se zbate
Russian: биться
Slovak: zmietať sa
Slovenian: otepati se
Serbian: migoljiti se
Swedish: streta, sprattla, kämpa
Thai: ต่อสู้
Turkish: çabalamak, çırpınmak
Taiwanese: 掙扎
Ukrainian: битися, відбиватися
Urdu: ہاتھ پیر مارنا
Vietnamese: vẫy vùng, vật lộn
Chinese: 挣扎
