Definition of: wrestle

(res′əl) v. ·tled, ·tling v.i.
1. To engage in wrestling.
2. To struggle, as for mastery; contend.
—v.t.
3. To engage in (a wrestling match), or wrestle with.
4. To throw (a calf) and hold it down for branding.
—noun A wrestling match; a hard struggle. [OE wrǣstlian, freq. of wrǣsten wrest]