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| NOUN | 1 | wrestle, wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle | The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat |
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| VERB | 1 | wrestle | Combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force |
| 2 | wrestle | Engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate | |
| 3 | wrestle, writhe, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist | To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) | |
| 4 | wrestle | Engage in a wrestling match |
| Sounds | reh'sahl |
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| Rhymes | abdominal, Abel, able, and 2061 more rhymes in ahl... |
| Meaning | The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat. |
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| Examples | "they had a fierce wrestle" |
| Synonyms | wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle |
| Broader | struggle |
| Verbs | wrestle |
| Meaning | Combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority" |
| Broader | battle, combat |
| Nouns | wrestler |
| Meaning | Engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
| Model | Sam wants to wrestle with Sue |
| Examples | "I wrestled with this decision for years" |
| Broader | consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate |
| Meaning | To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling). |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
| Synonyms | writhe, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist |
| Broader | move |
| Narrower | wrench |
| Meaning | Engage in a wrestling match. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "The children wrestled in the garden" |
| Broader | contend, fight, struggle |
| Narrower | mudwrestle, mud-wrestle |
| Nouns | wrestle, wrestling; wrestling |
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