wrestle
pronunciation
How to pronounce wrestle in British English:
UK [ˈresl]
How to pronounce wrestle in American English:
US [ˈresl]
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- Noun:
- the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
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- Verb:
- combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force
- engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate
- to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
- engage in a wrestling match
Word Origin
- wrestle (v.)
- Old English *wræstlian, frequentative of wræstan "to wrest" (see wrest). Compare North Frisian wrassele, Middle Low German worstelen. Figurative sense is recorded from early 13c. Related: Wrestled; wrestling.
Example
- 1. People wrestle in delhi for water .
- 2. The most perceptive athletes have always tried to wrestle with this conflict .
- 3. What they can do is wrestle with the fundamental questions that govern the fate of any enterprise .
- 4. Abroad , he must continue to wrestle with the nuclear ambitions of iran and north korea , and with unexpected crises , such as the hostage crisis in algeria just days before the inauguration .
- 5. Here the pilots would wrestle with their controls as the scientists frantically dropped silver iodide bombs and flares while photographing and filming any changes they thought they had caused , all the while measuring the windspeed .