Hypertext Webster Gateway: "struggle"

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

Struggle \Strug"gle\, n.
1. A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body;
agony; distress.

2. Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to
avert an evil. --Macaulay.

3. Contest; contention; strife.

An honest might look upon the struggle with
indifference. --Addison.

Syn: Endeavor; effort; contest; labor; difficulty.

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

Struggle \Strug"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Struggled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Struggling}.] [OE. strogelen; cf. Icel. strj?ka to
stroke, to beat, to flog, Sw. stryka to stroke, to strike,
Dan. stryge, G. straucheln to stumble. Cf. {Stroll}.]
1. To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with
contortions of the body.

2. To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend
forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle
with the waves; to struggle with adversity.

The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here,
have consecrated it [Gettysburg] far above our power
to add or detract. --Lincoln.

3. To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in
any kind of difficulty or distress.

'T is wisdom to beware, And better shun the bait
than struggle in the snare. --Dryden.

Syn: To strive; contend; labor; endeavor.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

struggle
n 1: an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through
the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for
recognition" [syn: {battle}]
2: an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals);
"the harder the conflict the more glorious the
triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the
battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs" [syn: {conflict},
{battle}]
3: strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd
exhausted her"
v 1: make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years
to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"
[syn: {fight}]
2: to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled
to get free from the rope"
3: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: {clamber}, {scramble},
{shin}, {shinny}, {skin}, {sputter}]
4: be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen
fought each other;" "Siblings are always fighting" [syn: {fight}]


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