Wrestle word meaning and definition

[noun] the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"
[verb] engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled with this decision for years"
[verb] combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"
[verb] engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the garden"
[verb] to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (esp. when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort."; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace."

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

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