grapple
11grapple — [v] grab, wrestle attack, battle, catch, clash, clasp, close, clutch, combat, confront, contend, cope, deal with, do battle*, encounter, engage, face, fasten, fight, grasp, grip, hold, hook, hug, nab, nail, scuffle, seize, snatch, struggle,… …
12grapple — v. 1) (d; intr.) to grapple for (they grappled for the key) 2) (d; intr.) to grapple with (to grapple with a problem) * * * [ græp(ə)l] (d; intr.) to grapple for (they grappled for the key) (d; intr.) to grapple with (to grapple with a problem) …
13grapple — grappler, n. /grap euhl/, v., grappled, grappling, n. v.i. 1. to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple. 2. to use a grapple. 3. to seize another, or each other, in a firm grip, as in wrestling; clinch. 4. to engage in a struggle or… …
14grapple — grap|ple [ˈgræpəl] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: grappelle, from grape; GRAPE] to fight or struggle with someone, holding them tightly = ↑wrestle grapple with ▪ Two men grappled with a guard at the door. grapple with [grapple with… …
15grapple — /ˈgræpəl / (say grapuhl) noun 1. a hook or an iron instrument by which one thing, as a ship, fastens on another; a grapnel. 2. a seizing or gripping. 3. a grip or close hold in wrestling or hand to hand fighting. –verb (grappled, grappling) –verb …
16grapple — grap|ple [ græpl ] verb intransitive to fight with someone: The argument led to them grappling on the floor. grapple ,with phrasal verb transitive grapple with something to try hard to understand a difficult idea or solve a difficult problem: The …
17grapple — [[t]græ̱p(ə)l[/t]] grapples, grappling, grappled 1) VERB If you grapple with a problem or difficulty, you try hard to solve it. [V with n] The economy is just one of several critical problems the country is grappling with. [Also V to inf] 2) V… …
18grapple — UK [ˈɡræp(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms grapple : present tense I/you/we/they grapple he/she/it grapples present participle grappling past tense grappled past participle grappled to fight with someone The row led to them grappling on… …
19grapple — grap•ple [[t]ˈgræp əl[/t]] v. pled, pling, n. 1) to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple 2) to engage in a struggle or close encounter: wrestlers grappling[/ex] 3) to try to overcome or deal: to grapple with a problem[/ex] 4) to… …
20grapple — I. noun Etymology: Middle English grappel grappling hook, from Old French *grappelle, diminutive of grape hook more at grape Date: 1601 1. a. the act or an instance of grappling b. a hand to hand struggle c. a contest for superiority or mastery 2 …
