wrestle
11wrestle — UK [ˈres(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms wrestle : present tense I/you/we/they wrestle he/she/it wrestles present participle wrestling past tense wrestled past participle wrestled 1) to fight by holding and pushing someone but …
12wrestle — v. (D; intr.) to wrestle with (to wrestle with various problems) * * * [ res(ə)l] (D; intr.) to wrestle with (to wrestle with various problems) …
13wrestle — wres|tle [ˈresəl] v [: Old English; Origin: wrAstlian, from wrAstan; WREST] 1.) [I and T] to fight someone by holding them and pulling or pushing them wrestle with ▪ The two men wrestled with each other. ▪ Police officers wrestled him to the… …
14wrestle — wres|tle [ resl ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to fight by holding and pushing someone but without hitting with your FISTS, especially as a sport a ) wrestle someone to the ground/floor to push someone down onto the ground and hold them… …
15wrestle — I. verb (wrestled; wrestling) Etymology: Middle English wrastlen, wrestlen, from Old English wrǣstlian, frequentative of wrǣstan Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to contend by grappling with and striving to trip or throw an opponent …
16wrestle — [c]/ˈrɛsəl / (say resuhl) verb (wrestled, wrestling) –verb (i) 1. to engage in wrestling. 2. to contend, as in a struggle for mastery; grapple. 3. to deal (with a subject) as a difficult task or duty. –verb (t) 4. to contend with in wrestling. 5 …
17wrestle — n. & v. n. 1 a contest in which two opponents grapple and try to throw each other to the ground esp. as an athletic sport under a code of rules. 2 a hard struggle. v. 1 intr. (often foll. by with) take part in a wrestle. 2 tr. fight (a person) in …
18wrestle — wrestler, n. /res euhl/, v., wrestled, wrestling, n. v.i. 1. to engage in wrestling. 2. to contend, as in a struggle for mastery; grapple: to wrestle with one s conscience. v.t. 3. to contend with in wrestling. 4. to force by or as if by… …
19wrestle — verb 1 (I, T) to fight someone by holding onto them and pulling or pushing them (+ with): The kids were wrestling with each other in the yard. | wrestle sb to the ground (=make someone fall down by holding onto them and pushing them) 2 (I, T) to… …
20wrestle — [ˈres(ə)l] verb [I/T] to fight by holding someone and trying to push or throw them to the ground, especially as a sport • wrestle with sth …
