nnoun.actthe act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combatSynset:grapple hand-to-hand struggle wrestle wrestling
Examples:- they had a fierce wrestle
- we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully
Derivationally Related Form:grapplewrestle
Hypernyms:struggle
Inherited Hypernyms:wrestlestruggleeffortlaborworkactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.actthe sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other downSynset:rassling wrestling
Derivationally Related Form:grapplewrestle
Hypernyms:contact sport
Inherited Hypernyms:wrestlingcontact sportsportdiversionactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:Greco-Roman wrestlingflying mareprofessional wrestlingsumo
Part Meronyms:wrestling hold
Full Hyponyms:flying maregreco-roman wrestlingprofessional wrestlingsumo
vverb.socialsucceed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means availableSynset:contend cope deal get by grapple make do make out manage
Examples:- We got by on just a gallon of gas
- They made do on half a loaf of bread every day
Hypernyms:act move
Inherited Hypernyms:copeact
Direct Hyponyms:cutextemporizefendhackimproviserub alongscrape alongscrape byscratch alongsqueak bysqueeze by
Full Troponyms:fendhackimprovisescrape along
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP | Somebody ---s (apply to: cope, make out, get by, manage, make do)
vverb.contactto grip or seize, as in a wrestling matchSynset:grapple grip
Examples:- the two men grappled with each other for several minutes
Derivationally Related Form:grapplergrapplinggripgrapple
Hypernyms:clutch prehend seize
Inherited Hypernyms:grappleseizetake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s PP