FIGHT
\fˈa͡ɪt], \fˈaɪt], \f_ˈaɪ_t]\
Definitions of FIGHT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"
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an intense verbal dispute; "a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate"
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be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"
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make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"
By Princeton University
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fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"
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an intense verbal dispute; "a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate"
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be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"
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make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance.
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To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as, to fight cocks; to fight one's ship.
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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.
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A struggle or contest of any kind.
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Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as, he has a great deal of fight in him.
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A screen for the combatants in ships.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance.
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To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as, to fight cocks; to fight one's ship.
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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.
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A struggle or contest of any kind.
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Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as, he has a great deal of fight in him.
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A screen for the combatants in ships.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To contend in battle or in arms; to try to destroy or overcome an enemy or opponent; make war; offer resistance.
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To war against; strive for the mastery of; maneuver or manage in battle, as ships.
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A combat; battle or engagement; contest; a quarrel in which physical force is used.
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Fighter.
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Fought.
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Fighting.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Fighter.
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To strive with; to contend in war or in single combat.
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To engage in conflict with:-pr.p. fighting; pa.t. and pa.p. fought (fawt).
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A struggle; a combat; a battle or engagement.
By Daniel Lyons
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Fighter.
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To contend with; carry on (a contest); direct in battle.
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To contend or strive; give battle.
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Strife; battle; conflict; combat.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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