WRESTLE


Meaning of WRESTLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈresl ]

n. & v. --n. 1 a contest in which two opponents grapple and try to throw each other to the ground esp. as an athletic sport under a code of rules. 2 a hard struggle. --v. 1 intr. (often foll. by with) take part in a wrestle. 2 tr. fight (a person) in a wrestle (wrestled his opponent to the ground). 3 intr. a (foll. by with, against) struggle, contend. b (foll. by with) do one's utmost to deal with (a task, difficulty, etc.). 4 tr. move with efforts as if wrestling. øøwrestler n. wrestling n. [OE (unrecorded) wróstlian: cf. MLG wrostelen, OE wraxlian]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.