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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fight \Fight\, n. [OE. fight, feht, AS feoht See {Fight}, v. i.] 1. A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a combat; a violent conflict or struggle for victory, between individuals or between armies, ships, or navies, etc Who now defies thee thrice to single fight. --Milton. 2. A struggle or contest of any kind 3. Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as he has a great deal of fight in him [Colloq.] 4. A screen for the combatants in ships. [Obs.] Up with your fights, and your nettings prepare. --Dryden. {Running fight}, a fight in which the enemy is continually chased; also one which continues without definite end or result. Syn: Combat; engagement; contest; struggle; encounter; fray; affray; action conflict. See {Battle}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fight \Fight\ (f[imac]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fought} (f[add]t); p. pr & vb n. {Fighting}.] [OE. fihten fehten AS feohtan akin to D. vechten OHG. fehtan G. fechten Sw f["a]kta, Dan. fegte, and perh. to E. fist; cf L. pugnare to fight, pugnus fist.] 1. To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; -- followed by with or against. You do fight against your country's foes. --Shak. To fight with thee no man of arms will deign. --Milton. 2. To act in opposition to anything to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance. {To fight shy}, to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters; to keep out of reach. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fight \Fight\, v. t. 1. To carry on or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by struggle, as one's way to sustain by fighting, as a cause He had to fight his way through the world. --Macaulay. I have fought a good fight. --2 Tim. iv 7. 2. To contend with in battle; to war against; as they fought the enemy in two pitched battles; the sloop fought the frigate for three hours. 3. To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as to fight cocks; to fight one's ship. {To fight it out}, to fight until a decisive and conclusive result is reached. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fight n 1: the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets" [syn: {fighting}, {combat}] 2: an intense verbal dispute; "a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate" 3: a boxing match; "the fight was on television last night" [syn: {bout}] 4: a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement" [syn: {battle}, {conflict}, {engagement}] 5: an aggressive willingness to compete; "the team was full of fight" [syn: {competitiveness}] v 1: be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other;" "Siblings are always fighting" [syn: {struggle}] 2: fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill" [syn: {oppose}, {fight back}, {fight down}, {defend}] 3: make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath" [syn: {struggle}] 4: engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; "She is crusading for women's rights" [syn: {crusade}, {campaign}, {push}, {agitate}]
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