wrestle
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
they had a fierce wrestle
Types & categories
- struggle hypernym
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Sense 2 verb
combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force
He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority
Types & categories
- battle hypernym
Related & opposite
- grappler derivation
Sense 3 verb
engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate
I wrestled with this decision for years
Types & categories
- moot hypernym
Sense 4 verb
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
The prisoner writhed in discomfort
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Sense 5 verb
engage in a wrestling match
The children wrestled in the garden
Types & categories
- fight hypernym
- mudwrestle hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wrestle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | grapple |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | struggle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | grappler |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | battle |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | moot |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wiggle |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wrench |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wiggler |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tornado |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrench |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | rassling |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | wrestling |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | fight |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | mudwrestle |