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wrestle

DEFINITIONS OF: wrestle

1

n the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

“they had a fierce wrestle”
Synonyms:
grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle, wrestling
Type of:
struggle
strenuous effort

v to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

Synonyms:
squirm, twist, worm, wriggle, writhe
Types:
wrench
make a sudden twisting motion
Type of:
move
move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion

v engage in a wrestling match

“The children wrestled in the garden”
Types:
mud-wrestle, mudwrestle
wrestle in mud
Type of:
contend, fight, struggle
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

v combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force

“He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority”
Type of:
battle, combat
battle or contend against in or as if in a battle

v engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate

“I wrestled with this decision for years”
Type of:
consider, debate, deliberate, moot, turn over
think about carefully; weigh
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