wrestle

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To take part in (a wrestling bout or match).

   “And novv Ptolemais being to vvreſtle her laſt fall, ſtripped her ſelf of all cumberſome clothes: vvomen, children, aged perſons, vveak folks […] vvere ſent avvay; […]”

2. fiil Sometimes followed by down: to contend with or move (someone) into or out of a position by grappling; also, to overcome (someone) by grappling.

   “My driver at the second station was a stout girl of twenty, strong enough to wrestle any man, but shy, modest, and gentle.”

3. fiil To move or manipulate (something) using physical effort, usually with some difficulty or opposition.

   “I couldn't wrestle the trunk down the hall.”

4. fiil To engage in (a contest or struggle).
5. fiil To throw down (a calf or other livestock animal) for branding.
6. fiil To grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat.

   “Wreſtell nat with me for I wyll throwe the [thee] on thy backe […]”

7. fiil Followed by with: to move or manipulate something using physical effort, usually with some difficulty or opposition.

   “It fits Ioues ſonne / VVraſtle vvith Lyons, and to tugge vvith Beares, / Grapple vvith Dragons, and incounter VVhales.”

8. fiil To make one's way or move with some difficulty or effort.

   “[S]o great a ſtorme of vvind and raine beat vpon vs that vvee not only loſt our vvay, but our ſelues, and at length vvraſtled to Geer, hauing firſt paſt through the Straits of Mozendram.”

9. fiil Followed by against or with: to contend, to struggle; to exert effort, to strive.

   “Put on the arms of our god⸝ that ye maye ſtonde ſtedfaſt agaynſt the crafty aſſautes off the devyll. For we wreſtle not agaynſt fleſſhe and bloud: but agaynſt ruele⸝ agaynſt power⸝ and agaynſt worldy ruelars of the darcknes of this worlde⸝ agaynſt ſpretuall wickednes in hevenly thyngꝭ [thyngis].”

10. fiil To contend verbally; to argue, to debate, to dispute.

    “[B]ecause […] they were loath to wrestle with the people, or force them from dangerous customs, they came from that supine negligence, in tolerating prayer for the dead, to establish a doctrinal point of purgatory; […]”

11. fiil To twist or wriggle; to writhe.

    “But God (vvhen pleaſeth him) doth giue this ſtrength to man, / VVhereby he ſtandeth ſtout; euen like a mightie rocke / Amid the mounting vvaues vvhen Eole [Aeolus] doth vnlocke / Sterne Auſters ſtormie gate, making the vvaters vvraſtle / And ruſh vvith vvrathfull rage againſt the ſturdie caſtle, […]”

12. fiil Followed by with: to concern or occupy oneself closely, or deal with, a task, etc.
13. isim A fight or struggle between people during which they grapple or otherwise contend with each other in order to throw or force their opponent to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat.

    “Beyond the tilt-yard spread the larger space, / For the strong wrestle and the breathless race; […]”

14. isim A situation in which people compete with each other; a contest, a struggle.

    “The body politic, which, while it remained in repose, had presented a superficial appearance of health and vigour, was not under the necessity of straining every nerve in a wrestle for life or death, and was immediately found to be unequal to the exertion.”

15. isim The action of contending or struggling.

    “War in Italy, universal spasm of wrestle there, being now the expectation of foolish mankind.”