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wres·tle
(rĕs′əl)v. wres·tled, wres·tling, wres·tles
v.intr.
1.
a. To try to throw or immobilize another person, especially by gripping with the hands.
b. To engage in the sport of wrestling.
2. To struggle to move or control something with the hands: wrestled with the truck's steering wheel.
3. To struggle in trying to manage, control, or deal with something: wrestling with budget cuts; wrestle with one's conscience.
v.tr.
1.
a. To try to throw or immoblize (someone); wrestle with: wrestled the fugitive to the ground.
b. To take part in a wrestling match with (someone).
c. To take part in (a wrestling match).
2.
a. To move or lift with great effort and force: wrestled the piano up the stairs.
b. To taken (something) away from another by gripping and pulling: wrestled the gun out of the robber's hands.
3. To throw (a calf or other animal) for branding.
n.
1. The act or a bout of wrestling.
2. A struggle: a wrestle with a problem.
[Middle English wrestlen, from Old English *wrǣstlian, frequentative of wrǣstan, to twist; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]
wres′tler n.
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wrestle
(ˈrɛsəl)vb
1. (Wrestling) to fight (another person) by holding, throwing, etc, without punching with the closed fist
2. (Wrestling) (intr) to participate in wrestling
3. (when: intr, foll by with or against) to fight with (a person, problem, or thing): wrestle with one's conscience.
4. (tr) to move laboriously, as with wrestling movements
5. (Agriculture) (tr) US and Canadian to throw (an animal) for branding
n
6. (Wrestling) the act of wrestling
7. a struggle or tussle
[Old English wræstlian; related to Middle Dutch wrastelen (Dutch worstelen), Old Norse rost current, race]
ˈwrestler n
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wres•tle
(ˈrɛs əl)v. -tled, -tling,
n. v.i.
1. to engage in wrestling.
2. to contend or struggle, as for mastery; grapple: to wrestle with one's conscience.
v.t. 3. to contend with in wrestling.
4. to force by or as if by wrestling.
5. to throw (a calf or other animal) for branding.
n. 6. an act of or a bout at wrestling.
7. a struggle.
[before 1100; Middle English; Old English *wrǣstlian (compare Old English wrǣstlere wrestler)]
wres′tler, n.
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wrestle
Past participle: wrestled
Gerund: wrestling
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| wrestle |
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| Noun | 1. |  wrestle - the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"struggle - strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her" |
| Verb | 1. | wrestle - combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority" |
| 2. | wrestle - engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled with this decision for years" deliberate, moot, debate, consider, turn over - think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind" | |
| 3. |  wrestle - 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"move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" wrench - make a sudden twisting motion | |
| 4. | wrestle - engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the garden" fight, struggle, contend - be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country" mudwrestle, mud-wrestle - wrestle in mud; "some people enjoy watching people who mudwrestle" |
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wrestle
verb fight, battle, struggle, combat, contend, strive, grapple, tussle, scuffle The boys wrestled with each other in the garden.
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wrestle
verb1. To contend with an opponent at close quarters, as by attempting to throw him or her:
Idiom: go to the mat with.
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Translations
يُصارِعيُكابِد، يَعْمَل بِصُعوبَه
brydekæmpe
birkózik
glíma viîglíma/berjast viî
eiti imtyniųgalynėtisimtynininkas
cīkstētiescīnītieslauzties
boriti se
güreşmekuğraşmak
wrestle
[ˈresl]A. N to have a wrestle with sb → luchar con algn
B. VI → luchar (a brazo partido) (Sport, fig) → luchar (with con) we are wrestling with the problem → estamos luchando con el problema
the pilot wrestled with the controls → el piloto luchaba con los mandos
the pilot wrestled with the controls → el piloto luchaba con los mandos
C. VT (Sport) → luchar con, luchar contra
to wrestle sb to the ground → tumbar a algn, derribar a algn
to wrestle sb to the ground → tumbar a algn, derribar a algn
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wrestle
[ˈrɛsəl] vi
(= struggle) to wrestle with sth [+ problem, issue, question, conscience] → se débattre avec qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
wrestle
n → Ringkampf m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
wrestle
[ˈrɛsl]2. vi
a. → lottare, fare la lotta (Sport) → praticare la lotta libera
b. (fig) to wrestle with (one's conscience, device, machine) → lottare con; (temptation, sins) → lottare contro
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
wrestle
(ˈresl) verb1. to struggle physically (with someone), especially as a sport.
2. to struggle (with a problem etc). I've been wrestling with the office accounts.
ˈwrestler noun a person who takes part in the sport of wrestling.
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