grapple

see definition of grapple

verbgrab, wrestle

Synonyms for grapple

verb grab, wrestle

Antonyms for grapple

clashes

verb. fight about, often verbally

clasp

verb. grab tightly

clasp

noun. fastener; hold on something

clasped

verb. grab tightly

clasping

verb. grab tightly

Word Origin & History

late 13c., from Old French grapil "hook" (see grapnel). The verb is 1520s, "seize and hold fast," from the noun. Sense of "battle, struggle (with)" is from 1590s. Related: Grappled; grappling.

Example Sentences for grapple

What courage was requisite to grapple with this giant difficulty!

He was much smaller than the other, but he knew that he was far and away stronger after that grapple.

To-night we grapple for the heavy cable, eight tons to the mile.

There must be a power which can go behind these and grapple with causes.

Something that he could not repel since it had no substance he could grapple with.

He felled a Lodorian who, having lost his tube, was about to grapple with him.

Whether he meant this for a promise to grapple with supernatural evil I couldn't tell.

Every blood-vessel was striving to grapple with the present.

His singular brain could grapple simultaneously with these multifarious subjects.

There was a grapple and a fall, but when they got up Lett had the Idaho "gun" in his hand.

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Antonyms for grapple

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Synonyms for grapple

clash