Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fighting"
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)
Fighting \Fight"ing\, a.
1. Qualified for war; fit for battle.
An host of fighting men. --2 Chron.
xxvi. 11.
2. Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a
fighting field. --Pope.
{A fighting chance}, one dependent upon the issue of a
struggle. [Colloq.]
{Fighting crab} (Zo["o]l.), the fiddler crab.
{Fighting fish} (Zo["o]l.), a remarkably pugnacious East
Indian fish ({Betta pugnax}), reared by the Siamese for
spectacular fish fights.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fighting
adj 1: (military) engaged in or ready for military or naval
operations; "on active duty"; "the platoon is
combat-ready"; "review the fighting forces" [syn: {active},
{combat-ready}, {fighting(a)}]
2: engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"; "a
fighting war" [syn: {belligerent}, {militant}, {war-ridden},
{warring}]
3: disposed to loud disagreements and fighting [syn: {brawling}]
n : the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke
out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the
streets" [syn: {fight}, {combat}]
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