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Definition of Wrestle

1. Noun. The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat. "We watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"

2. Verb. Combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force. "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"

3. Verb. Engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate. "Sam wants to wrestle with Sue "; "I wrestled with this decision for years"

4. Verb. To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling). "The streets wrestle with crowds"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

5. Verb. Engage in a wrestling match. "The children wrestled in the garden"

Definition of Wrestle

1. v. i. To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.

2. v. t. To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.

3. n. A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle.

4. v. i. To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.

5. v. t. To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.

6. n. A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle.

Definition of Wrestle

1. to engage in a type of hand-to-hand contest [v -TLED, -TLING, -TLES]

Medical Definition of Wrestle

1. 1. To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully. "To-morrow, sir, I wrestle for my credit, and he that escapes me without some broken limb shall acquit him well." (Shak) "Another, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of the clavicle from the sternum." (Wiseman) 2. Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend. "Come, wrestle with thy affections." (Shak) "We wrestle not against flesh and blood." (Eph. Vi. 12) "Difficulties with which he had himself wrestled." (M. Arnold) Origin: OE. Wrestlen, wrastlen, AS. Wrstlian, freq. Of wrstan to wrest; akin to OD. Wrastelen to wrestle. See Wrest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Wrestle

wrench wrenched wrencher wrenchers wrenches wrenching wrenchingly wrens wren warbler wrest

wrested wrester wresters wresting wrestle (current term) wrestle (current term) wrestled wrestler wrestlers wrestles

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