What does wrestle mean?
Definitions for wrestle
ˈrɛs əlwres·tle
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word wrestle.
Princeton's WordNet
wrestle, wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggleverb
the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
"they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"
wrestleverb
combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force
"He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"
wrestleverb
engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate
"I wrestled with this decision for years"
writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twistverb
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"
wrestleverb
engage in a wrestling match
"The children wrestled in the garden"
Wiktionary
wrestlenoun
A wrestling bout.
wrestlenoun
A struggle.
wrestleverb
To contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw, immobilize or otherwise defeat him, depending on the specific rules of the contest
wrestleverb
To struggle or strive
wrestleverb
To take part in a wrestling match with someone
wrestleverb
To move or lift something with difficulty
wrestleverb
To throw a calf etc in order to brand it
wrestleverb
To fight
Webster Dictionary
Wrestleverb
to contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully
Wrestleverb
hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend
Wrestleverb
to wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling
Wrestlenoun
a struggle between two persons to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle
Etymology: [OE. wrestlen, wrastlen, AS. wrstlian, freq. of wrstan to wrest; akin to OD. wrastelen to wrestle. See Wrest, v. t.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Wrestle
res′l, v.i. to contend by grappling and trying to throw the other down: to struggle: to apply one's self keenly to: (Scot.) to pray earnestly.—v.t. to contend with in wrestling.—n. a bout at wrestling: a struggle between two to throw each other down.—ns. Wrest′ler; Wrest′ling, the sport or exercise of two persons struggling to throw each other to the ground in an athletic contest governed by certain fixed rules—catch-hold, ground-wrestling, catch-as-catch-can, back-hold, &c. [A.S. wrǽstlian; a freq. of wrǽstan, to wrest.]
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welters
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of wrestle in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of wrestle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of wrestle in a Sentence
The tension gets higher and the need to act gets more pressing, but the fundamentals that have slowed governments to date haven't gone away, that's what we're trying to wrestle with.
As my grandmother told me — never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty, but the pig likes it. So ignore him and vote, Florida!”
Often when we are least expecting it, Life sets up a really tough challenge to test our courage and our ability to fight. We mustn't pretend that nothing has happened, but instead must stand up and face the reality with utmost Courage. We must accept the facts that the Challenge is never going to wait, and that the flow of Life does not reverse. At such testing moments in life, Courage is what enables us to stand up, face the challenge and overcome all odds. Courage is what truly makes us who we are, as we wrestle with our demons to triumph. Good luck, my Friend.
You can expect to see lots of wigs, lots of boobs, and horrible behavior, every single person gets slapped or slaps someone. We all throw champagne in each other’s faces. I mean I wrestle a pregnant woman while she’s stripping on a pole!
The biggest issue that the guys have had to wrestle with is how you cope with extremely high temperatures that come into the engine when you're doing hypersonic speeds; so more than five times the speed of sound, 4,000 miles-per-hour. The temperature coming in at the front of the engine is a thousand degrees centigrade. And you have to be able to cool that air very rapidly to be able to do anything useful with it.
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- تصارعArabic
- zápasitCzech
- ringenGerman
- πάληGreek
- lucharSpanish
- paini, painiottelu, punnertaa, tapella, painia, kaataa, kamppailu, kamppaillaFinnish
- lutterFrench
- wrakseljeWestern Frisian
- לְהִתגוֹשֵׁשׁHebrew
- 格闘Japanese
- whātōtōMāori
- worstelenDutch
- побороться, бороться, упорная борьбаRussian
- rvatiSerbo-Croatian
- БоротисяUkrainian
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