Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fight"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fight \Fight\, n. [OE. fight, feht, AS. feoht. See {Fight}, v.
i.]
1. A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a combat; a
violent conflict or struggle for victory, between
individuals or between armies, ships, or navies, etc.

Who now defies thee thrice to single fight.
--Milton.

2. A struggle or contest of any kind.

3. Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as, he
has a great deal of fight in him. [Colloq.]

4. A screen for the combatants in ships. [Obs.]

Up with your fights, and your nettings prepare.
--Dryden.

{Running fight}, a fight in which the enemy is continually
chased; also, one which continues without definite end or
result.

Syn: Combat; engagement; contest; struggle; encounter; fray;
affray; action; conflict. See {Battle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fight \Fight\ (f[imac]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fought}
(f[add]t); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fighting}.] [OE. fihten, fehten,
AS. feohtan; akin to D. vechten, OHG. fehtan, G. fechten, Sw.
f["a]kta, Dan. fegte, and perh. to E. fist; cf. L. pugnare to
fight, pugnus fist.]
1. To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single
combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy,
either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; --
followed by with or against.

You do fight against your country's foes. --Shak.

To fight with thee no man of arms will deign.
--Milton.

2. To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to
contend; to strive; to make resistance.

{To fight shy}, to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters;
to keep out of reach.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fight \Fight\, v. t.
1. To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or
gain by struggle, as one's way; to sustain by fighting, as
a cause.

He had to fight his way through the world.
--Macaulay.

I have fought a good fight. --2 Tim. iv.
7.

2. To contend with in battle; to war against; as, they fought
the enemy in two pitched battles; the sloop fought the
frigate for three hours.

3. To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as,
to fight cocks; to fight one's ship.

{To fight it out}, to fight until a decisive and conclusive
result is reached.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

fight
n 1: the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke
out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the
streets" [syn: {fighting}, {combat}]
2: an intense verbal dispute; "a violent fight over the bill is
expected in the Senate"
3: a boxing match; "the fight was on television last night"
[syn: {bout}]
4: a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course
of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of
Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when
he got into a real engagement" [syn: {battle}, {conflict},
{engagement}]
5: an aggressive willingness to compete; "the team was full of
fight" [syn: {competitiveness}]
v 1: be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen
fought each other;" "Siblings are always fighting" [syn:
{struggle}]
2: fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would
oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!" [syn: {oppose}, {fight
back}, {fight down}, {defend}]
3: make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years
to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath" [syn:
{struggle}]
4: exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to
gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or
person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for
reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean
is pushing for his favorite candidate" [syn: {crusade}, {press},
{campaign}, {push}, {agitate}]


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