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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

fighting
    adj 1: engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; "on
           active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the
           fighting forces" [syn: active, combat-ready,
           fighting(a)]
    n 1: the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight
         broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the
         streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
         [syn: fight, fighting, combat, scrap]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fight \Fight\ (f[imac]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fought
   (f[add]t); p. pr. & vb. n. Fighting.] [OE. fihten, fehten,
   AS. feohtan; akin to D. vechten, OHG. fehtan, G. fechten, Sw.
   f[aum]kta, Dan. fegte, and perh. to E. fist; cf. L. pugnare
   to fight, pugnus fist.]
   1. To strive or contened for victory, with armies or in
      single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an
      enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; --
      followed by with or against.
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            You do fight against your country's foes. --Shak.
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            To fight with thee no man of arms will deign.
                                                  --Milton.
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   2. To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to
      contend; to strive; to make resistance.
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   To fight shy, to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters;
      to keep out of reach.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fighting \Fight"ing\, a.
   1. Qualified for war; fit for battle.
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            An host of fighting men.              --2 Chron.
                                                  xxvi. 11.
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   2. Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a
      fighting field. --Pope.
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   A fighting chance, one dependent upon the issue of a
      struggle. [Colloq.]

   Fighting crab (Zool.), the fiddler crab.

   Fighting fish (Zool.), a remarkably pugnacious East Indian
      fish (Betta pugnax), reared by the Siamese for
      spectacular fish fights.
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