WRESTLE
\ɹˈɛsə͡l], \ɹˈɛsəl], \ɹ_ˈɛ_s_əl]\
Definitions of WRESTLE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (esp. when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort."; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace."
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combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"
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engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the garden"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"
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engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the garden"
By Princeton University
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To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.
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Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend.
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To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.
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A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle.
By Oddity Software
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To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.
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Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend.
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To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.
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A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle.
By Noah Webster.
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To contend, by grappling with and trying to throw another; to grapple; to struggle; to strive earnestly; as, to wrestle with a problem.
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The act of one who grapples with and tries to throw another; a struggle.
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Wrestler.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Wrestler.
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To contend by grappling and trying to throw the other down: to struggle.
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A bout at wrestling: a struggle between two to throw each other down.
By Daniel Lyons
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Wrestler.
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To contend or grapple, as opponents striving each to bring the other to the ground.
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An act of wrestling.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman