Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To attempt to harm or gain power over an adversary by blows or with weapons.
- intransitive verb Sports To engage in a boxing match.
- intransitive verb To engage in a quarrel; argue.
- intransitive verb To strive vigorously and resolutely, as in trying to overcome something; contend: synonym: oppose.
- intransitive verb To contend with or oppose with violence or in battle.
- intransitive verb To wage or carry on (a battle).
- intransitive verb To contend for, as by combat.
- intransitive verb Sports To box against (an opponent).
- intransitive verb To participate in (a boxing match or other similar contest).
- intransitive verb To cause (a boxer or other contestant) to fight in a match.
- intransitive verb To contend with or struggle against.
- intransitive verb To try to prevent the development or success of.
- intransitive verb To try to extinguish (an uncontrolled fire).
- intransitive verb To make (one's way) by struggle or striving.
- noun A confrontation between opposing groups in which each attempts to harm or gain power over the other, as with bodily force or weapons.
- noun A physical conflict between two or more individuals.
- noun Sports A boxing match.
- noun A quarrel or conflict.
- noun A struggle to achieve an objective.
- noun The power or inclination to fight; pugnacity.
- idiom (fight fire with fire) To combat one evil or one set of negative circumstances by reacting in kind.
- idiom (fight shy of) To avoid meeting or confronting.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To engage in battle or in single combat; contend in arms; attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an adversary by physical means.
- To contend in any way; struggle for the gaining of an end; strive vigorously: as, to
fight against disease; to fight in a political campaign. - To contend with in battle; war against: as, they fought the enemy in two pitched battles.
- To contend against in any manner.
- To carry on or wage, as a battle or other contest.
- To win or gain by battle or contest of any kind; sustain by fighting.
- To cause to fight; manage or manœuver in a fight: as, to
fight cocks; to fight one's ship. - noun A battle; an attempt to overcome or defeat by physical means; a contest with natural or other weapons.
- noun Any contest or struggle.
- noun A bulkhead or other screen designed for the protection of the men during a battle; a bulwark. See
close-fights . - noun Power or inclination for fighting.
- noun Synonyms Conflict, Combat, etc. (see
battle ); fray, affray, encounter, affair, brush.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb 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 oragainst . - intransitive verb To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance.
- intransitive verb to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters; to keep out of reach.
- noun 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.
- noun A struggle or contest of any kind.
- noun colloq. Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity.
- noun obsolete A screen for the combatants in ships.
- noun a fight in which the enemy is continually chased; also, one which continues without definite end or result.
- transitive verb 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.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Examples
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Some say its because the White House message machine drones on 24/7 that the best way to fight the war on terror is to be in Iraq, fight them there, rather than here.
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In the expressions, The man walks -- The boy plays -- Thunders roll --- Warriors fight -- you perceive that the words _walks, plays, roll_, and _fight_, are _active verbs; _ and you cannot be at a loss to know, that the nouns _man, boy, thunders_, and
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which oddly enough was a fight that was hosted by pride..fight goes on for about an hour and 15 minutes, and ends with royce gracie forfeiting from exaustion..no submissions or knockouts…
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"You don't have freedom of speech in this country with regard to whether you go fight or whether you don't want to go fight .
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The team's good, but it can't win unless you fight -- _fight_! "
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So, if any one wants to fight, "-- he looked at Raventik here, but that fire-eater happened to be absent-minded at the moment, and sat with downcast eyes, --" _to fight_, "he repeated with emphasis," he will have to remain at home and fight the walrus -- or the women! "
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[_They fight on_ Julio's _side, and fight_ Octavio _out at t'other side: Enter_ Laura _and_ Sabina _at the Fore-door, which is the same where Sir_ Signal _stands: _ Tick. _groping up that way, finds Sir_ Sig. _just entring in; _ Laura _and_
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Now 33 and creeping toward retirement, the Brooklyn native has another title fight Saturday night at Mandalay Bay.
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You pay to watch a title fight in Vegas knowing that a fighter might get knocked down in the first round.
IAAF to discuss false start rule after Usain Bolt's disqualification
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Yuri Foreman brings a record of 28-0 with eight knockouts into his title fight against Miguel Cotto.
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