■ verb
1》 make forceful efforts to get free.
2》 strive under difficult circumstances to do something.
↘have difficulty in gaining recognition or a living.
3》 contend or compete.
4》 make one's way with difficulty.
■ noun
1》 an act of struggling.
2》 a very difficult task.
Derivatives
~r noun
Origin
ME: frequentative, perh. of imitative origin.