From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Wrestle \Wres"tle\, v. t.
To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Wrestle \Wres"tle\, n.
A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the
other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a
struggle.
[1913 Webster]
Whom in a wrestle the giant catching aloft, with a
terrible hug broke three of his ribs. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Wrestle \Wres"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wrestled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Wrestling}.] [OE. wrestlen, wrastlen, AS. wr?stlian,
freq. of wr?stan to wrest; akin to OD. wrastelen to wrestle.
See {Wrest}, v. t.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or
throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.
[1913 Webster]
To-morrow, sir, I wrestle for my credit, and he that
escapes me without some broken limb shall acquit him
well. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Another, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of
the clavicle from the sternum. --Wiseman.
[1913 Webster]
2. Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend.
[1913 Webster]
Come, wrestle with thy affections. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
We wrestle not against flesh and blood. --Eph. vi.
12.
[1913 Webster]
Difficulties with which he had himself wrestled.
--M. Arnold.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wrestle
n 1: the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had
a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling
with the bully" [syn: {wrestle}, {wrestling}, {grapple},
{grappling}, {hand-to-hand struggle}]
v 1: combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He
wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"
2: engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled
with this decision for years"
3: 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" [syn:
{writhe}, {wrestle}, {wriggle}, {worm}, {squirm}, {twist}]
4: engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the
garden"
|
