To strive or contened 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.
To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance.
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.
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.
To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as, to fight cocks; to fight one's ship.
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.
A struggle or contest of any kind.
Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as, he has a great deal of fight in him.
A screen for the combatants in ships.
To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
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.
To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress.
A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress.
Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil.
Contest; contention; strife.