Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wrestle"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Wrestle
(Eph. 6:12). See {GAMES}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wrestle \Wres"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wrestled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Wrestling}.] [OE. wrestlen, wrastlen, AS. wr?stlian,
freq. of wr?stan to wrest; akin to OD. wrastelen to wrestle.
See {Wrest}, v. t.]
1. 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. --Shak.
Another, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of
the clavicle from the sternum. --Wiseman.
2. Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend.
Come, wrestle with thy affections. --Shak.
We wrestle not against flesh and blood. --Eph. vi.
12.
Difficulties with which he had himself wrestled.
--M. Arnold.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wrestle \Wres"tle\, v. t.
To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wrestle \Wres"tle\, n.
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. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
wrestle
n : the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had
a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and
wrestling with the bully" [syn: {wrestling}, {grapple}, {grappling},
{hand-to-hand struggle}]
v 1: combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He
wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"
2: engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I
wrestled with this decision for years"
3: to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (esp. when
struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort." "The
child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace."
[syn: {writhe}, {wriggle}, {worm}, {squirm}, {twist}]
4: engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the
garden"
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