wrestle
ˈrɛsəl-
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wrestle
engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate "I wrestled with this decision for years" -
(v)
wrestle
combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority" -
(v)
wrestle
engage in a wrestling match "The children wrestled in the garden" -
(v)
wrestle
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) "The prisoner writhed in discomfort","The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace" -
(n)
wrestle
the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat "they had a fierce wrestle","we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"
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Wrestle
A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle. "Whom in a wrestle the giant catching aloft, with a terrible hug broke three of his ribs." -
Wrestle
Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend. "Come, wrestle with thy affections.", "We wrestle not against flesh and blood.", "Difficulties with which he had himself wrestled ." -
Wrestle
To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully. "To-morrow, sir, I wrestle for my credit, and he that escapes me without some broken limb shall acquit him well.", "Another, by a fall in wrestling , started the end of the clavicle from the sternum." -
Wrestle
To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.
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wrestle
l. To twist or wind about; especially, to writhe; wriggle; squirm; struggle, as with the limbs. -
wrestle
To struggle in a hand-to-hand contest; strive, as for some advantage or for mastery, with bodily strength and adroitness; specifically, to struggle, as two persons striving to throw each other to the ground, especially in a contest governed by certain fixed rules. -
wrestle
To contend in any way, as in a struggle for mastery; maintain opposition or resistance, especially against a moral foe or force; strive. -
wrestle
To deal, as with a troublesome duty; apply one's self vigorously; grapple: as, to wrestle with a knotty problem; to wrestle with a distasteful task. -
wrestle
Hence, to devote one's self earnestly to prayer; pray. -
wrestle
To contend with in wrestling: as, I will wrestle you for so much. -
wrestle
On a cattle-range, to throw for the purpose of branding, as an animal. -
(n)
wrestle
A bout at wrestling; a wrestling-match.
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(v.i)
Wrestle
res′l to contend by grappling and trying to throw the other down: to struggle: to apply one's self keenly to: -
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Wrestle
to contend with in wrestling -
(n)
Wrestle
a bout at wrestling: a struggle between two to throw each other down -
(v.i)
Wrestle
res′l (Scot.) to pray earnestly
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. wrestlen, wrastlen, AS. wrstlian, freq. of wrstan, to wrest; akin to OD. wrastelen, to wrestle,. See Wrest (v. t.)
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. wrǽstlian; a freq. of wrǽstan, to wrest.
Like "table tennis" or "thumb wrestling," it promises great activity in a very small space. money.cnn.com
Emma Zuccotti, center, wrestled this monster bluefish out of Gardiner's Bay over the weekend. easthamptonstar.com
Freshman Deaken McCoy of the Galion High School varsity wrestling team puts the squeeze on Ashland's Zac Benner during Wednesday evening's meet against Ashland at the high school. galioninquirer.com
Wrestling with a destiny of dryness . hcn.org
I always had great Eck -spectations for my best pal and Dundalk wrestling hero Kevin Eck . nst.net
Deep inside, Leonard Cohen wrestles with a restless soul. dallasnews.com
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is an integrated media organization with a portfolio of businesses that create and deliver original content to a worldwide audience. broadcastengineering.com
Shenendehowa takes Union- Endicott Duals, wrestling round-up for weekend of Jan 7. blog.timesunion.com
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 9:24 am by Ben Meyers in General, Wrestling. blog.timesunion.com
Hulk Hogan at wrestling event. elpasotimes.com
Wrestling icon Hulk Hogan was at Speaking Rock Casino and Entertainment Center Thursday night. elpasotimes.com
For the first time ever, the three Bullitt County high schools have had the opportunity to compete on the same mats in dual wrestling matches. pioneernews.net
With the first two weeks of official practice in the books, Patterson High wrestling coach Lee Sc. pattersonirrigator.com
Wrestling with Jane Jacobs . nlc.org
Jello wrestling at Rock & Tattoo Expo. sunjournal.com
In the last few decades, as the philosophy of physics has flourished, philosophers have increasingly wrestled with the significance of gauge freedom and what Michael Redhead has called “surplus structure” [Redhead, 1975, 1980, 2003], a part of the formal structure without any claimed referent in the world.
Empirical Equivalence, Artificial Gauge Freedom and a Generalized Kretschmann Objection
This might even impinge on mathematics — as when the Pythagoreans wrestled with the ontology of irrational numbers.
Definability in the Real Universe
Thus, snakes wrestle with each other instead of biting, and mule deer crash or put antlers against antlers, but do not hurt the unprotected side of the partner.
Biological Evolution and Statistical Physics
The World Wide Study of Physics and Detectors for Future Linear Colliders has wrestled with these challenges for more than a decade, advancing the technologies needed for ILC detectors.
ILC Reference Design Report Volume 1 - Executive Summary
Wrestling with these questions induces considerable frustration in researchers.
Having Your Cake and Eating It Too: Autonomy and Interaction in a Model of Sentence Processing
Seeing Grettir she rushed at him, but he closed with her, and there was a terrible wrestling match. "The Book of Romance" by
It was the devil with which he had to wrestle. "The Wind Before the Dawn" by
It is nonsense to pretend that the insight of philosophers and the energy of artists help us very greatly in this bleak wrestling. "Suspended Judgments" by
Familiar with squalor, and hospitable to vulgarity, his mind was yet tenanted by sorrow, a place of midnight wrestlings. "Stephen Arnold Douglas" by
This was proved one day when we wrestled down in the calves' meadow. "The Birthright" by
Through the remainder of that cloudless night she wrestled silently. "Macaria" by
Wrestling is the chief indigenous athletic exercise of India. "India and the Indians" by
In vain Uncle Jem wrestled with it, as he lay through long, patient hours. "Judith Lynn" by
He wrestled his black silk gown over his head and threw it off. "The Saracen: The Holy War" by
He excelled in running, wrestling, leaping, and throwing the bar, sports that were popular at that time. "From Farm House to the White House" by
He should beat his playmates all
At wrestling, running, and archery,
Yet he cared not for a fall.
Which song
Gives unto those who wrestle on with deed,
And high endeavour for the end of wrong.
To wrestle and fight with despair,
Till I knew by the light around me,
That the Master Himself was there.
And the wind wailing in the grass--
And life will strive with many an ill
For many a weary day ere it pass--
Where one knelt all alone,
In great amaze, in greater grief,
In woe that wrestled with belief,
The Mother mourned her Son.
Far deeper and stronger than theirs;
If thou fallest thine is the burden
And the deep, long shame that it bears.