| v. i. | 1. | |
| 1. | To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; | |
| 2. | Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend. | |
| v. t. | 1. | To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling. |
| n. | 1. | A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle. |
| Noun | 1. | wrestle - the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully" |
| Verb | 1. | wrestle - combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority" |
| 2. | wrestle - engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled with this decision for years" | |
| 3. | wrestle - to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace" | |
| 4. | wrestle - engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the garden" |