WRESTLE

Pronunciation (US):

• WRESTLE (noun)
  The noun WRESTLE has 1 sense:

1. the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

  Familiarity information: WRESTLE used as a noun is very rare.

• WRESTLE (verb)
  The verb WRESTLE has 4 senses:

1. combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force
2. engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate
3. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
4. engage in a wrestling match

  Familiarity information: WRESTLE used as a verb is uncommon.

• WRESTLE (noun)

Meaning:

The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

grappling; hand-to-hand struggle; wrestle; wrestling; grapple

Context examples:

they had a fierce wrestle / we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully

Hypernyms ("wrestle" is a kind of...):

struggle (strenuous effort)

• WRESTLE (verb)

Meaning:

Combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Context example:

He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority

Hypernyms (to "wrestle" is one way to...):

battle; combat (battle or contend against in or as if in a battle)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Meaning:

Engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

I wrestled with this decision for years

Hypernyms (to "wrestle" is one way to...):

consider; debate; deliberate; moot; turn over (think about carefully; weigh)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

Sam wants to wrestle with Sue

Meaning:

To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

squirm; twist; worm; wriggle; writhe; wrestle

Context examples:

The prisoner writhed in discomfort / The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace

Hypernyms (to "wrestle" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wrestle"):

wrench (make a sudden twisting motion)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Meaning:

Engage in a wrestling match

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

The children wrestled in the garden

Hypernyms (to "wrestle" is one way to...):

contend; fight; struggle (be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wrestle"):

mud-wrestle; mudwrestle (wrestle in mud)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP