Definition of struggle

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Struggle (n.) A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress.

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Scraffle :: Scraffle (v. i.) To scramble or struggle; to wrangle; also, to be industrious..
Struggler :: Struggle (n.) Contest; contention; strife.
Tussle :: Tussle (v. i. & t.) To struggle, as in sport; to scuffle; to struggle with..
Conflict :: Conflict (v. i.) To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle.
Reluct :: Reluct (v. i.) To strive or struggle against anything; to make resistance; to draw back; to feel or show repugnance or reluctance.
Taborite :: Taborite (n.) One of certain Bohemian reformers who suffered persecution in the fifteenth century; -- so called from Tabor, a hill or fortress where they encamped during a part of their struggles..
Pull :: Pull (n.) A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull..
Scrimmage :: Scrimmage (n.) The struggle in the rush lines after the ball is put in play.
Scuffle :: Scuffle (v. i.) Hence, to strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle confusedly or at haphazard..
Contest :: Contest (v. t.) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground..
Combat :: Combat (v. i.) To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight..
Conflict :: Conflict (v.) A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.
Contend :: Contend (v. i.) To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend..
Encounter :: Encounter (adv.) To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth..
Flounder :: Flounder (v. i.) To fling the limbs and body, as in making efforts to move; to struggle, as a horse in the mire, or as a fish on land; to roll, toss, and tumble; to flounce..
Stretch :: Stretch (n.) Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination..
Philhellenist :: Philhellenist (n.) A friend of Greece; one who supports the cause of the Greeks; particularly, one who supported them in their struggle for independence against the Turks; a philhellene..
Breast :: Breast (v. t.) To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves..
Battle :: Battle (v. t.) A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life..
Fight :: Fight (v. i.) To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance.
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