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Definition of Fight
1. Verb. Be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight. "Sam cannot fight Sue "; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"
Entails: Compete, Contend, Vie
Specialized synonyms: Bear Down, Fistfight, Join Battle, Tug, Defend, Fight Back, Fight Down, Oppose, Get Back, Settle, Fight Back, Battle, Combat, War, Assail, Attack, Duel, Joust, Chicken-fight, Chickenfight, Tourney, Feud, Skirmish, Bandy, Fence, Box, Spar, Scuffle, Tussle, Wrestle, Engage, Wage
Also: Fight Off
Derivative terms: Fighter, Fighter, Fighting, Struggle
2. Noun. A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war. "He lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
Generic synonyms: Action, Military Action
Specialized synonyms: Armageddon, Pitched Battle, Naval Battle, Armed Combat, Combat, Dogfight, Assault
Group relationships: War, Warfare
Specialized synonyms: Battle Of Britain, Drogheda
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Derivative terms: Battle, Engage
3. Verb. Fight against or resist strongly. "Don't fight it!"
Generic synonyms: Contend, Struggle
Specialized synonyms: Recalcitrate, Fend, Resist, Stand, Hold Out, Resist, Stand Firm, Withstand, Drive Back, Fight Off, Rebuff, Repel, Repulse
Derivative terms: Defensive, Fighter, Fighter, Opponent, Opposer, Opposition
4. Noun. The act of fighting; any contest or struggle. "The unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
Specialized synonyms: Gunfight, Gunplay, Shootout, Brush, Clash, Encounter, Skirmish, Close-quarter Fighting, Dogfight, Fencing, In-fighting, Set-to, Impact, Shock, Dogfight, Hassle, Rough-and-tumble, Scuffle, Tussle, Affaire D'honneur, Duel, Fistfight, Fisticuffs, Slugfest, Banging, Battering, Beating, Whipping, Affray, Disturbance, Fray, Ruffle, Brawl, Free-for-all, Cut-and-thrust, Knife Fight, Snickersnee, Gang Fight, Rumble, Single Combat
Generic synonyms: Battle, Conflict, Struggle
Terms within: Blow
Derivative terms: Combat, Scrap, Scrappy
5. Verb. Make a strenuous or labored effort. "He fought for breath"
Specialized synonyms: Drive, Labor, Labour, Push, Tug, Flounder
Generic synonyms: Assay, Attempt, Essay, Seek, Try
Derivative terms: Struggle, Struggle, Struggler
6. Noun. An aggressive willingness to compete. "The team was full of fight"
Generic synonyms: Aggressiveness
Derivative terms: Competitive, Competitive
7. Verb. Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for. "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
Generic synonyms: Advertise, Advertize, Promote, Push
Related verbs: Advertise, Advertize, Promote, Push
Derivative terms: Campaign, Crusade, Crusader, Fighter, Push
8. Noun. An intense verbal dispute. "A violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate"
9. Noun. A boxing or wrestling match. "The fight was on television last night"
Definition of Fight
1. v. i. 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.
2. v. t. 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.
3. n. 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.
Definition of Fight
1. Verb. (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To strive for; to campaign or contend for success. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.). ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract. ¹
6. Noun. An occasion of fighting. ¹
7. Noun. (archaic) A battle between opposing armies. ¹
8. Noun. A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups. ¹
9. Noun. (sports) A boxing or martial arts match. ¹
10. Noun. A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife. ¹
11. Noun. The will or ability to fight ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fight
1. to attempt to defeat an adversary [v FOUGHT, FIGHTING, FIGHTS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fight
Literary usage of Fight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Iliad by Homer, W. G. Caldcleugh (1870)
"BUT Menelaus knew that Patroclus Had by the Trojans in the fight been slain.
In glittering brass he to the front repaired, And round the corpse like a young ..."
2. Thucydides Translated Into English by Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides (1881)
"But perhaps not to fight against may appear to some one to be the safer course.
Well without then, let him who thinks so think again. When a man ,...., . ..."
3. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, Alfred William Pollard, William Caxton (1903)
"CHAPTER LXXXVII How there was a day set between Sir Tristram and Sir Palomides
for to fight, and how Sir Tristram was hurt. THEN said Sir Tristram : I will ..."
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