Wrestle

Quick meaning: Wrestle is a verb meaning To take part in (a wrestling bout or match).

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. To move or manipulate (something) using physical effort, usually with some difficulty or opposition.
2. To engage in (a contest or struggle).
3. To throw down (a calf or other livestock animal) for branding.
4. 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.
5. Followed by with: to move or manipulate something using physical effort, usually with some difficulty or opposition.
6. To make one's way or move with some difficulty or effort.
7. Sometimes followed by down: to contend with or move (someone) into or out of a position by grappling; also, to overcome (someone) by grappling.

Example Sentences

Have we not wrestled a turn before now?

I couldn't wrestle the trunk down the hall.

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

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

Word Forms

• wrestles
• wrestling
• wrestled
• wrestlest
• wrestledst
• wrestleth

Synonyms for wrestle

Depending on context, synonyms include wriggle, twist, grapple, writhe, squirm, grappling.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include grappling, grapple, writhe, squirm, wriggle, twist.

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