Definition of fight

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Fight (v. t.) To contend with in battle; to war against; as, they fought the enemy in two pitched battles; the sloop fought the frigate for three hours..

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Fight :: Fight (v. i.) A screen for the combatants in ships.
Fight :: Fight (v. t.) To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by struggle, as one's way; to sustain by fighting, as a cause..
Engagement :: Engagement (n.) An action; a fight; a battle.
Picador :: Picador (n.) A horseman armed with a lance, who in a bullfight receives the first attack of the bull, and excites him by picking him without attempting to kill him..
Militate :: Militate (v. i.) To make war; to fight; to contend; -- usually followed by against and with.
Bruise :: Bruise (v. i.) To fight with the fists; to box.
Ring :: Ring (n.) An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence, figuratively, prize fighting..
Cocker :: Cocker (n.) One given to cockfighting.
Footman :: Footman (n.) A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.
Alectryom'achy :: Alectryom'achy (n.) Cockfighting.
Handygripe :: Handygripe (n.) Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters in fighting..
Toreador :: Toreador (n.) A bullfighter.
Foot :: Foot (n.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry..
Bottleholder :: Bottleholder (n.) One who attends a pugilist in a prize fight; -- so called from the bottle of water of which he has charge.
Digladiate :: Digladiate (v. i.) To fight like gladiators; to contend fiercely; to dispute violently.
Fight :: Fight (v. i.) To strive or contend 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..
Heel :: Heel (v. t.) To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting..
Cocking :: Cocking (n.) Cockfighting.
Repugnant :: Repugnant (a.) Disposed to fight against; hostile; at war with; being at variance; contrary; inconsistent; refractory; disobedient; also, distasteful in a high degree; offensive; -- usually followed by to, rarely and less properly by with; as, all rudeness was repugnant to her nature..
Action :: Action (n.) An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial action..
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