Definition of Wrestle

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

Exact synonyms: Grapple, Grappling, Hand-to-hand Struggle, Wrestling
Generic synonyms: Struggle
Derivative terms: Grapple, Grapple

2. Verb. Combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force. "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"
Generic synonyms: Battle, Combat
Derivative terms: Wrestler

3. Verb. Engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate. "Sam wants to wrestle with Sue "; "I wrestled with this decision for years"
Generic synonyms: Consider, Debate, Deliberate, Moot, Turn Over

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"
Exact synonyms: Squirm, Twist, Worm, Wriggle, Writhe
Generic synonyms: Move
Specialized synonyms: Wrench
Derivative terms: Squirm, Squirmer, Twist, Twister, Wriggle, Wriggler

5. Verb. Engage in a wrestling match. "The children wrestled in the garden"
Generic synonyms: Contend, Fight, Struggle
Specialized synonyms: Mud-wrestle, Mudwrestle
Derivative terms: Wrestling, Wrestling

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. Noun. A wrestling bout. ¹

2. Noun. A struggle. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw, immobilize or otherwise defeat him, depending on the specific rules of the contest ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To struggle or strive ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To take part in a wrestling match with someone ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To move or lift something with difficulty ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To throw a calf etc in order to brand it ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To fight ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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

wrenching
wrenchingly
wrenchings
wrenchlike
wrength
wrengths
wrenlike
wrens
wrest
wrest-block
wrest block
wrested
wrester
wresters
wresting
wrestle (current term)
wrestle with a pig
wrestled
wrestler
wrestlers
wrestles
wrestling
wrestling hold
wrestling mat
wrestling match
wrestling ring
wrestlings
wrests
wretch
wretche

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