wrestle
/ˈɹɛs(ə)l/ verb C1- To take part in (a wrestling bout or match).
- Sometimes followed by down: to contend with or move (someone) into or out of a position by grappling; also, to overcome (someone) by grappling.
- To move or manipulate (something) using physical effort, usually with some difficulty or opposition. · I couldn't wrestle the trunk down the hall.
- To engage in (a contest or struggle).
- To throw down (a calf or other livestock animal) for branding.
- 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.
- Followed by with: to move or manipulate something using physical effort, usually with some difficulty or opposition.
- To make one's way or move with some difficulty or effort.
Plural wrestle · He/she/it wrestles · Past wrestled · Past participle wrestled · -ing form wrestling
Verb forms
- Base form
- wrestle
- He/she/it
- wrestles
- Past
- wrestled
- Past participle
- wrestled
- -ing form
- wrestling
From the library
Later on she made her bed less successfully, for she had never learned the art of wrestling with a feather tick.
I had it by the barrel, and we wrestled for it all ends up for a minute or more.
One morning Gilbert had all his sums done correctly and had his name written on the blackboard on the roll of honor; the next morning Anne, having wrestled wildly with decimals the entire evening before, would be first.
The back door was open, and as he came to the foot of the stairs he saw two men wrestling together outside.
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