Definitions for wrestle

wrestle wres·tle

Spelling: [res-uh l]
IPA: /ˈrɛs əl/

Wrestle is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 141 anagrams from letters in wrestle (eelrstw).

Definitions for wrestle

noun

  1. an act of or a bout at wrestling.
  2. a struggle.

verb (used with object)

  1. to contend with in wrestling.
  2. to force by or as if by wrestling.
  3. to throw (a calf or other animal) for branding.

verb (used without object)

  1. to engage in wrestling.
  2. to contend, as in a struggle for mastery; grapple:

Origin of wrestle

before 1100; Middle English wrestlen, wrastlen (v.), Old English *wrǣstlian (compare Old English wrǣstlere wrestler), frequentative of wrǣstan to wrest; cognate with

Examples for wrestle

Erudite is trying to wrestle control of the government away from Abnegation via nefarious schemes.

They were taught to box, to wrestle, to throw the discus, and to hurl the spear.

A recently released app invites users to wrestle with the text of a modern classic.

She squinted, blinked sporadically, and tilted her head, as if straining to wrestle answers from her brain.

If it hadn't a bin in Henry's house I'd took a wrestle out of him.

“We do have to wrestle with the fact that the army already has them on the ground,” she said.

Two stand up to wrestle, and are on the point of coming to blows.

Yet he continued to wrestle with a demon that the Perry Street regular felt sure could be summarized in four syllables.

Did I like to go there, or did I strive and wrestle with the power that forced me?'

He was up on his hind legs, and it was a wrestle between master and dog.

Word Value for wrestle
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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