Meaning

To take part in (a wrestling bout or match)..

Definitions by Sense

1. To take part in (a wrestling bout or match).
2. Sometimes followed by down: to contend with or move (someone) into or out of a position by grappling; also, to overcome (someone) by grappling.
3. To move or manipulate (something) using physical effort, usually with some difficulty or opposition.
4. To engage in (a contest or struggle).
5. To throw down (a calf or other livestock animal) for branding.
6. To grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat.
7. Followed by with: to move or manipulate something using physical effort, usually with some difficulty or opposition.
8. To make one's way or move with some difficulty or effort.

Example Sentences

And novv Ptolemais being to vvreſtle her laſt fall, ſtripped her ſelf of all cumberſome clothes: vvomen, children, aged perſons, vveak folks […] vvere ſent avvay; […]

Hark thee, friend, […] wilt thou wrestle a fall with me?

Have we not wrestled a turn before now?

Where is Kerkuon [Cercyon of Eleusis], the king of the city? I must wrestle a fall with him to-day.

My driver at the second station was a stout girl of twenty, strong enough to wrestle any man, but shy, modest, and gentle.

Tunisia dug in to frustrate England in the second half but [Harry] Kane was the match-winner with a late header from Harry Maguire's flick, justice being done after referee Wilmar Roldan and the video assistant referee (VAR) had failed to spot him being wrestled to the ground twice in the penalty area.

I couldn't wrestle the trunk down the hall.

And, wrestling both his arms into a gown, / He paused and took a survey up and down.

Word Forms

• wrestles
• wrestling
• wrestled
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• wrestle
• wrestlest
• wrestledst
• wrestleth
• -
• rassle
• wrassle
• wrastle
• wrostle

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