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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
struggle
n 1: an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through
the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for
recognition" [syn: struggle, battle]
2: an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals);
"the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--
Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the
pro- and anti-abortion mobs" [syn: conflict, struggle,
battle]
3: strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd
exhausted her"
v 1: make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for
years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"
[syn: fight, struggle]
2: to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled
to get free from the rope"
3: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber,
scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter]
4: be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen
fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant
groups are contending for control of the country" [syn:
contend, fight, struggle]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Struggle \Strug"gle\, n.
1. A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body;
agony; distress.
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2. Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to
avert an evil. --Macaulay.
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3. Contest; contention; strife.
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An honest might look upon the struggle with
indifference. --Addison.
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Syn: Endeavor; effort; contest; labor; difficulty.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Struggle \Strug"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Struggled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Struggling.] [OE. strogelen; cf. Icel. strj?ka to
stroke, to beat, to flog, Sw. stryka to stroke, to strike,
Dan. stryge, G. straucheln to stumble. Cf. Stroll.]
1. To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with
contortions of the body.
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2. To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend
forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle
with the waves; to struggle with adversity.
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The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here,
have consecrated it [Gettysburg] far above our power
to add or detract. --Lincoln.
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3. To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in
any kind of difficulty or distress.
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'T is wisdom to beware,
And better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
--Dryden.
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Syn: To strive; contend; labor; endeavor.
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Thesaurus Results for struggle:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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