What is the meaning of wrestling?

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: wrestle, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle
• The sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down.
  • synonyms: rassling, grappling

verb

• Combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force.
  • usage: "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"
  • synonyms: wrestle
• Engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate.
  • usage: "I wrestled with this decision for years"
  • synonyms: wrestle
• 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"
  • synonyms: writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
• Engage in a wrestling match.
  • usage: "The children wrestled in the garden"
  • synonyms: wrestle