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