Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - wrestle
Wrestle
wrestle
n. & v. --n. 1 a contest in which two opponents grapple and try to throw each other to the ground esp. as an athletic sport under a code of rules. 2 a hard struggle. --v. 1 intr. (often foll. by with) take part in a wrestle. 2 tr. fight (a person) in a wrestle (wrestled his opponent to the ground). 3 intr. a (foll. by with, against) struggle, contend. b (foll. by with) do one's utmost to deal with (a task, difficulty, etc.). 4 tr. move with efforts as if wrestling. Derivatives wrestler n. wrestling n. Etymology: OE (unrecorded) wr{aelig}stlian: cf. MLG wrostelen, OE wraxlian
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I. verb (~d; wrestling) Etymology: Middle English wrastlen, ~n, from Old English wrǣstlian, frequentative of wrǣstan Date: before 12th century intransitive verb to contend by grappling with and striving to trip or throw an opponent down or off balance, to combat an opposing tendency or force , to engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate, to engage in or as if in a violent or determined struggle , transitive verb 1. to engage in (a match, bout, or fall) in wrestling, to ~ with , to move, maneuver, or force with difficulty, ~r noun II. noun Date: 1593 the action or an instance of wrestling ; struggle ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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