Definition of struggle

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Struggle (v. i.) 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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Victor :: Victor (n.) The winner in a contest; one who gets the better of another in any struggle; esp., one who defeats an enemy in battle; a vanquisher; a conqueror; -- often followed by art, rarely by of..
Effort :: Effort (n.) An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle directed to the accomplishment of an object; as, an effort to scale a wall..
Eluctate :: Eluctate (v. i.) To struggle out; -- with out.
Tug :: Tug (v. i.) To labor; to strive; to struggle.
Fight :: Fight (v. i.) To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance.
Scraffle :: Scraffle (v. i.) To scramble or struggle; to wrangle; also, to be industrious..
Baffle :: Baffle (v. i.) To struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds..
Grasp :: Grasp (v. i.) To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive.
Conflict :: Conflict (v. i.) To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle.
Tussle :: Tussle (n.) A struggle; a scuffle.
Throe :: Throe (v. i.) To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
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..
Fight :: Fight (v. i.) A struggle or contest of any kind.
Scramble :: Scramble (n.) The act of jostling and pushing for something desired; eager and unceremonious struggle for what is thrown or held out; as, a scramble for office..
Scuffle :: Scuffle (v. i.) To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion.
Struggle :: Struggle (v. i.) To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body..
Agony :: Agony (n.) The last struggle of life; death struggle.
Obluctation :: Obluctation (n.) A struggle against; resistance; opposition.
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..
Reluctate :: Reluctate (v. i.) To struggle against anything; to resist; to oppose.
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