wrestle

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - 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
• Syn:
wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle
• Derivationally related forms:
grapple (for: grappling), grapple (for: grapple), wrestle (for: wrestling)
• Hypernyms:
struggle

II - verb

1. combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force (Freq. 2)
- He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority
• Derivationally related forms:
wrestler
• Hypernyms:
battle, combat
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
2. engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate (Freq. 1)
- I wrestled with this decision for years
• Hypernyms:
consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
- Sam wants to wrestle with Sue
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
• Derivationally related forms:
twist (for: twist), twister (for: twist), squirmer (for: squirm), squirm (for: squirm), wriggler (for: wriggle), wriggle (for: wriggle)
• Hypernyms:
move
• Hyponyms:
wrench
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
4. engage in a wrestling match
- The children wrestled in the garden
• Derivationally related forms:
wrestling
• Hypernyms:
contend, fight, struggle
• Hyponyms:
mudwrestle, mud-wrestle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle, writhe, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist