Definitions for wrestles

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wrestles wres·tle

Spelling: [res-uh l]

IPA: /ˈrɛs əl/

Wrestles is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 185 anagrams from letters in wrestles (eelrsstw).

Definitions for wrestles

noun

1. an act of or a bout at wrestling.
2. a struggle.
3. an act of or a bout at wrestling.
4. 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.
4. to contend with in wrestling.
5. to force by or as if by wrestling.
6. 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:
3. to engage in wrestling.
4. to contend, as in a struggle for mastery; grapple:

Origin of wrestles

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

Examples for wrestles

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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