wrestle

Definition von wrestle im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: A wrestling bout; A struggle; To struggle or strive; To throw a calf etc in order to brand it; To fight; To move or lift something with difficulty; To contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw, immobilize or otherwise defeat him, depending on the specific rules of the contest; To take part in a wrestling match with someone
Finnish: painia.; {v} to struggle, to throw with the arms extended, to strive with effort; the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully" engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled with this decision for years" combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority" engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the garden; combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"; If you wrestle a person or thing somewhere, you move them there using a lot of force, for example by twisting a part of someone's body into a painful position. We had to physically wrestle the child from the man's arms see also wrestling; When you wrestle with a difficult problem, you try to deal with it. Delegates wrestled with the problems of violence and sanctions; To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully; engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the garden; engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the garden"; the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"; 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"; engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled with this decision for years"; To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling; If you wrestle with someone, you fight them by forcing them into painful positions or throwing them to the ground, rather than by hitting them. Some people wrestle as a sport. They taught me to wrestle; Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend; {i} struggle; act or bout of wrestling; grappling; {f} struggle with; scuffle, fight, contend in a wrestling match; A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle
wrestle with a pig: To engage in a struggle with an opponent that benefits from the struggle even without winning it
While I was at the Dartmouth Review, we used to tell the deans that taking on our campus paper was like wrestling with a pig. Not only did it get everyone dirty, but the pig liked it!.
wrestle with a problem: deal with a troubling matter
arm-wrestle: A physical sport or game in which two contestants each rest an arm on a single surface by the elbow only and push on each other's locked hands, until the loser is unable to keep his arm up anywhere in the air as the winner forces it down on the surface
arm-wrestle: to compete in an arm-wrestle
wrestler: A person who wrestles
it isn't easy to avoid all the wrestler´s holds.
wrestling: A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points
wrestling: A professional tumbling act that emulates the sport of wrestling. Also called "professional wrestling". It is distinguished from sport wrestling -- which has strict internationally recognized rules and is conducted on a mat -- by being scripted, rehearsed, conducted in a boxing ring rather than on a mat, and programmed as entertainment
wrestling: Present participle of wrestle
wrestler: {n} one who wrestles, one who struggles
wrestling: {n} the act or exercise of wrestling
arm-wrestle: (Spor) A contest in which two people sit opposite each other with one elbow resting on a table and try to force each other's arm down on to the table
To wrestle: wrastle
arm-wrestle: {f} engage in arm wrestling, participate in a test of strength in which two players clasp hands on a tabletop and attempt to force their opponent's hand downward
wrestled: past of wrestle
wrestler: One who wrestles; one who is skillful in wrestling
wrestler: A wrestler is someone who wrestles as a sport, usually for money. someone who takes part in wrestling
wrestler: combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground
wrestler: {i} one who wrestles, contestant whose object is to pin his opponent to the ground (Sports); one who fights
wrestles: plural of wrestle
wrestling: Wrestling is a sport in which two people wrestle and try to throw each other to the ground. a championship wrestling match. a sport in which two people fight by holding each other and trying to make each other fall to the ground. Sport in which two competitors grapple with and strive to trip or throw each other down or off-balance. It is practiced in various styles, including freestyle wrestling, in which contestants can use holds above and below the waist, and Greco-Roman wrestling, which allows only holds above the waist. Sambo is a style of Russian origin employing judo techniques. Sumo wrestling is a specialized Japanese variety. U.S. professional wrestling is today among the most popular of all spectator sports, though it principally involves wildly flamboyant showmanship, including such nonclassical moves as kicks to the head that would be lethal if they were not actually pulled
wrestling: the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"
wrestling: A sport where two combatants attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed fighting using techniques of leverage, holding and pressure points
wrestling: {i} struggling, grappling, contending; sport in which two contestants struggle and try to pin one another to the floor
wrestling: Act of one who wrestles; specif
wrestling: the sport consisting of the hand-to-hand combat between two unarmed contestants who seek to throw each other
wrestling: the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down