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struggling |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Struggle \Strug"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Struggled}; p. pr & vb n. {Struggling}.] [OE. strogelen cf Icel. strj?ka to stroke, to beat to flog, Sw stryka to stroke, to strike, Dan. stryge G. straucheln to stumble. Cf {Stroll}.] 1. To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body. 2. To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend forcibly; as to struggle to save one's life; to struggle with the waves; to struggle with adversity. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it [Gettysburg] far above our power to add or detract. --Lincoln. 3. To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress. 'T is wisdom to beware, And better shun the bait than struggle in the snare. --Dryden. Syn: To strive; contend; labor; endeavor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: struggling adj : engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity; "a financially struggling theater"; "struggling artists"
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