wrestle

Speech parts

1. wrestle - Noun

2. wrestle - Verb

Meaning

To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.

Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend.

To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.

A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

wrestling twist worm grappling grapple writhe squirm wriggle SPAR war battle vie buffet fighting fight
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Hypernyms

move battle fight consider combat debate

Hyponyms

wrench mud-wrestle mudwrestle

Phrases with the word

wrestle with oneself wrestle with

Derivatives

wrestled wrestling

Anagrams

swelter

Examples

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it. George Bernard Shaw

Build me straight, O worthy Master Staunch and strong, a goodly vessel, That shall laugh at all disaster, And with wave and whirlwind wrestle. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Whether she won or lost, she would continue to wrestle with life. It would not be with her own life alone but with all of life. Something had finally been released within her. And there it was, the sea. Clarice Lispector

Never wrestle with a strong man nor bring a rich man to court. Latvian Proverb

If you wrestle with a collier you will get a blotch. French Proverb

If I wrestle with a filthy thing, win or lose, I shall be defiled. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

wrestable wrester wrestingly wrestle with a pig wrestle with oneself wrestler