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wrestle /resˈl/ intransitive verb- To contend with another person by grappling, each trying to throw and then pinion the other
- To struggle or tussle (with with)
- To apply oneself keenly to mastering something (with with)
- To pray earnestly (with God; old)
- To strive (with one's conscience, etc)
- To dispute, debate, argue, wrangle
- To writhe, wriggle
- To proceed laboriously
transitive verb- To contend with in wrestling
- To push or force with a wriggling or wrestling motion
- (with out) to go through, carry out, with a great struggle
noun- A bout, or the activity, of wrestling
- A struggle
ORIGIN: OE wrǣstan to wrest wrestˈler noun wrestˈling noun - A sport or exercise in which two people struggle to throw and pin each other to the ground, governed by certain fixed rules
- The activity of struggling, grappling, striving, contending, etc
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