wrestle

Formswrestles, wrestling, wrestled

Pluralwrestles

1. 1
   verbintransitive

   To hold and push someone to get them onto the ground, often as a sport or in a fight.

   My brother and I used to wrestle on the living room carpet.

   She wrestled for her high school team for four years.

   Similargrapple, tussle, scuffle

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2. 2
   verbfigurativelyintransitive

   To try very hard to deal with or fight against something difficult.

   Many people wrestle with fear before a big speech.

   The team wrestled against bad luck all season.

   Similarstruggle, grapple, contend, battle

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3. 3
   verbtransitive

   To grab and push someone to move them, sometimes down to the ground, or to win against them.

   Two guards wrestled the thief to the ground.

   She is strong enough to wrestle her big brother.

   Similartackle, force, pin

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4. 4
   verbtransitive

   To move or handle something using a lot of strength, often because it is hard to do.

   We had to wrestle the couch up the narrow stairs.

   She wrestled her suitcase into the overhead bin.

   Similarmanhandle, heave, haul, maneuver, force

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5. 5
   verbintransitive

   To struggle with something, using your strength to move or control it.

   I had to wrestle with the big umbrella in the strong wind.

   Dad wrestled with the stuck lid until it finally came off.

   Similarstruggle, grapple, battle, fight

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6. 6
   verbtransitive

   To fight in a wrestling match or round.

   She will wrestle her first match on Saturday.

   He wrestled two matches before lunch.

   Similarfight

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7. 7
   verbfigurativelyintransitive

   To move or get somewhere with a lot of effort.

   We had to wrestle through the crowd to reach the door.

   The old bus wrestled up the steep, muddy hill.

   Similarpush, struggle, battle, fight

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8. 8
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A fight, often for sport, where people hold and push to get each other onto the ground.

   The brothers had a quick wrestle on the grass before dinner.

   After a short wrestle, the guard got the man onto the floor.

   Similartussle, scuffle, struggle, grapple

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9. 9
   nounfigurativelycountable or uncountable

   A time when people try hard to beat each other.

   There was a long wrestle between the two teams for first place.

   The sisters had a bitter wrestle over who would run the family shop.

   Similarstruggle, battle, contest, tussle, fight

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10. 10
    nounfigurativelyuncountable

    The act of fighting or struggling.

    War in Italy, universal spasm of wrestle there, being now the expectation of foolish mankind.

    1858, Thomas Carlyle, “Double-marriage Shall Be or Shall Not Be”Here, wrestle means struggle or fighting.

    Similarstruggle

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11. 11
    verbdialectalUSWesterntransitive

    To get a calf or other farm animal down on the ground so it can be branded.

    The older kids help wrestle calves when it is time to brand them.

    My uncle wrestled calves all morning at the ranch.

    Similarthrow

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