6 dictionary results for: struggle
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strug·gle
[struhg-uh
l] Pronunciation Key verb, -gled, -gling, noun
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[struhg-uh
l] Pronunciation Key verb, -gled, -gling, noun –verb (used without object)
–verb (used with object)
–noun
| 1. | to contend with an adversary or opposing force. |
| 2. | to contend resolutely with a task, problem, etc.; strive: to struggle for existence. |
| 3. | to advance with violent effort: to struggle through the snow. |
| 4. | (of athletes and competitors) to be coping with inability to perform well or to win; contend with difficulty: After struggling for the whole month of June, he suddenly caught fire and raised his batting average 30 points. |
| 5. | to bring, put, etc., by struggling: She struggled the heavy box into a corner. |
| 6. | to make (one's way) with violent effort. |
| 7. | the process or an act or instance of struggling. |
| 8. | a war, fight, conflict, or contest of any kind. |
| 9. | a task or goal requiring much effort to accomplish or achieve. |
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struggler, noun
strug·gling·ly, adverb
—Synonyms 1. oppose, contest, fight, conflict. 7. endeavor, exertion. 8. encounter, skirmish. Struggle, brush, clash refer to a hostile meeting of opposing persons, parties, or forces. Struggle implies vigorous bodily effort or violent exertion: a hand-to-hand struggle. A brush is a brief, but smart, and often casual combat: a brush between patrols. Clash implies a direct and sharp collision between opposing parties, efforts, interests, etc.: a clash of opinions.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| strug·gle
(strŭg'əl) Pronunciation Key
v. strug·gled, strug·gling, strug·gles v. intr.
v. tr. To move or place (something) with an effort: struggled the heavy desk into the elevator. n.
[Middle English struglen.] strug'gler n., strug'gling·ly adv. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
struggle (v.)
struggle (v.)
c.1386, probably a frequentative form, of uncertain origin. Skeat suggests O.N. strugr "ill will;" others suggest a connection to Du. struikelen, Ger. straucheln "to stumble." The noun is first recorded 1692.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| struggle | |
noun | |
| 1. | an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition" |
| 2. | an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs" [syn: conflict] |
| 3. | strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her" |
verb | |
| 1. | make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath" [syn: fight] |
| 2. | to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope" |
| 3. | climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber] |
| 4. | be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country" [syn: contend] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Struggle
Strug"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Struggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Struggling.] [OE. strogelen; cf. Icel. strj?ka to stroke, to beat, to flog, Sw. stryka to stroke, to strike, Dan. stryge, G. straucheln to stumble. Cf. Stroll.]1. To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body. 2. To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle with the waves; to struggle with adversity. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it [Gettysburg] far above our power to add or detract. --Lincoln. 3. To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress. 'T is wisdom to beware, And better shun the bait than struggle in the snare. --Dryden. Syn: To strive; contend; labor; endeavor.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Struggle
Strug"gle\, n. 1. A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress. 2. Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil. --Macaulay. 3. Contest; contention; strife. An honest might look upon the struggle with indifference. --Addison. Syn: Endeavor; effort; contest; labor; difficulty.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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