noun
- The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat.
- usage: "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"
- synonyms: wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle
verb
- Combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force.
- usage: "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"
- Engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate.
- usage: "I wrestled with this decision for years"
- To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling. )
- usage: "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"
- Engage in a wrestling match.
- usage: "The children wrestled in the garden"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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