wrestle

🇺🇸 /ˈresl/ 🇬🇧 /ˈresl/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000
verb
R

to fight by holding and trying to throw someone down

The two boys wrestle on the grass for fun.

R

to struggle to move or control something

He had to wrestle the heavy box up the stairs.

R

to struggle with a difficult problem or decision

I wrestle with this math problem for hours.

translation

v. to fight by holding and trying to throw someone down; to struggle to move or control something; to struggle with a difficult problem or decision

Word Forms

3rd Present wrestles
Past wrestled
Perfect wrestled
Progressive wrestling