Struggle word meaning and definition

[noun] strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"
[noun] an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
[noun] an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
[verb] be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"
[verb] make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"
[verb] to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope"
[verb] climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

\Strug"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Struggled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Struggling}.] [OE. strogelen; cf. Icel. strj?ka to stroke, to beat, to flog, Sw. stryka to stroke, to strike, Dan. stryge, G. straucheln to stumble. Cf. {Stroll}.] 1. To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body. 2. 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. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it [Gettysburg] far above our power to add or detract. --Lincoln. 3. To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress. 'T is wisdom to beware, And better shun the bait than struggle in the snare. --Dryden. Syn: To strive; contend; labor; endeavor.
\Strug"gle\, n. 1. A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress. 2. Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil. --Macaulay. 3. Contest; contention; strife. An honest might look upon the struggle with indifference. --Addison. Syn: Endeavor; effort; contest; labor; difficulty.

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