1. (verb)fight, struggle make a strenuous or labored effort "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"
2. (verb)struggle to exert strenuous effort against opposition "he struggled to get free from the rope"
3. (verb)clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
4. (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"