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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
wrestling en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹɛs.l̩.ɪŋ/
- /ˈɹɛs.lɪŋ/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From late Old English wræstlung.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of professional wrestling (“act that emulates the sport of wrestling”).
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(countable, dated) A wrestling match.
[…] and the modern reader, who finds that races, boxing-matches, and wrestlings do in truth supply the chief occasions of Pindar's poetry […]
1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 4, page 42:
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(countable) The act of one who wrestles; a struggle to achieve something.
I'd count not wearisome / Long toil, nor enterprise, / But strain to reach it; aye, with wrestlings stout / And hopes that even in the dark will grow[…]
1863, Jean Ingelow, “Honors”, in Poems:
Forms
Hypernyms
sport
wikidata: Q42486
wrestling en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹɛs.l̩.ɪŋ/
- /ˈɹɛs.lɪŋ/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From late Old English wræstlung.
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of wrestle
Deriveds
Mexican wrestling · tag wrestling · Graeco-Roman wrestling · wrestling ring · shoot wrestling · rasslin' · tongue wrestling · freestyle wrestling · Devon wrestling · finger wrestling · Cornish wrestling · fantasy wrestling · mud wrestling · e-wrestling · all-in wrestling · arm-wrestling · Greco-Roman wrestling · Lancashire wrestling · pro wrestling · arm wrestling
Descendants
レスリング
Relateds
clench · on the ropes · hold · on the mat · kanjin-sumo · sumo · counter · on the canvas · ring
Translations (92)
fr lutte (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · ba көрәш (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · uli hataetael (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · nl worstelen (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · cmn 摔跤 (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · el πάλη (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · ca lluita (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · oj gagwejiwaaniding (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · sdh زووران (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · mt sirigħ (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · bg борба (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · xal ноолдлһн (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · nv naʼahínítaah (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · la luctātiō (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · it lotta (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · ga iomrascáil (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · de Ringen (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · bo ཨབ་ཐང (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · ug چېلىش (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · tt көрәш (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · ur کشتی بازی (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · cmn 摔角 (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · nog куьрес (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · vi đấu vật (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · gag güreş (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · fi painiottelu (wrestling match) · hy ըմբշամարտ (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · sh хр̀ва̄ње (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · cjs кӱреш (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · ml ഗുസ്തി (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · gl loita (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · kjh кӱрес (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · sq mundje (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · hu birkózás (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · grc πάλη (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · alt кӱреш (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · mt lotta (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · ar مُصَارَعَة (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · ky күрөш (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · th มวยปล้ำ (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · sah тустуу (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · ja レスリング (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · sl rokoborba (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · uk боротьба́ (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · fi paini (act of one who wrestles) · nn bryting (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · tr güreş (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · ms gusti (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · az güləş (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · pl zapasy (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · tyv демисел (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · vi vật (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · he היאבקות (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · tk göreş (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · ru борьба́ (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · tl pagbubuno (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · zza têmane (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · bua барилдаан (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · crh küreş (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · es lucha (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · mn бөх (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · fi ponnistelu (struggle to achieve something) · ur کشتی (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · nb bryting (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · sv brottning (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · fa کشتی (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · ga coraíocht (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · da brydning (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · oc lucha (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · ota كورش (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · uz kurash (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · cs zápas (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · ro luptă (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · pt luta (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · kk күрес (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · de Ringkampf (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · sco warstlin (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · mt sarar (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · tyv хүреш (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · tl buno (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · ml മൽപ്പിടുത്തം (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · yo gídígbò (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · sh hr̀vānje (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · pl wrestling (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · xal бәрлдән (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · ko 레슬링 (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · bo སྦེ་ག (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · sah күрэс (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · fi paini (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · sw mieleka (sport — see also freestyle wrestling) · fi vääntö (struggle to achieve something) · tg гӯштингирӣ (sport — see also freestyle wrestling)