Found 3 items, similar to wrestle.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: wrestle bergumul, gulat, gumul
English → English (WordNet) Definition: wrestle 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] wrestle 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, (especially 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”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Wrestle Wrestle \Wres"tle\, v. t. To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Whom in a wrestle the giant catching aloft, with a terrible hug broke three of his ribs. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] 1. To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully. [1913 Webster] To-morrow, sir, I wrestle for my credit, and he that escapes me without some broken limb shall acquit him well. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Another, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of the clavicle from the sternum. --Wiseman. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend. [1913 Webster] Come, wrestle with thy affections. --Shak. [1913 Webster] We wrestle not against flesh and blood. --Eph. vi. 12. [1913 Webster] Difficulties with which he had himself wrestled. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]