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}
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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},
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},
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},
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},
{
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"t": "to contend, wrestle"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian wrosselje (“to contend, wrestle”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"2": "wrakselje",
"t": "to wrestle"
},
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},
{
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"2": "wrastelen",
"t": "to wrestle"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch wrastelen (“to wrestle”)",
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"2": "wrostelen",
"t": "to wrestle"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German wrostelen (“to wrestle”)",
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}
],
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}
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"glosses": [
"A wrestling bout."
],
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"links": [
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]
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "borba",
"sense": "wrestling bout",
"word": "борба"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "wrestling bout",
"word": "paini"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "wrestling bout",
"word": "painiottelu"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "páli",
"sense": "wrestling bout",
"word": "πάλη"
}
]
},
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"A struggle."
],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "borba",
"sense": "struggle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "борба"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 97",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "struggle",
"word": "paini"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "struggle",
"word": "kamppailu"
}
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈɹɛ.səl/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛsəl"
},
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}
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "wrassle"
},
{
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"US",
"dialectal",
"informal",
"obsolete"
],
"word": "wrastle"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"wrestle"
],
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}
{
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "arm-wrestle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Indian wrestle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lip wrestle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wrestle with a pig"
}
],
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"name": "inh"
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{
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},
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{
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"t": "to contend, wrestle"
},
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "wrakselje",
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},
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "wrastelen",
"t": "to wrestle"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch wrastelen (“to wrestle”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "wrostelen",
"t": "to wrestle"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German wrostelen (“to wrestle”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English wrestlen, wrastlen (also as wraxlen), from Old English wræstlian, wraxlian (“to contend, wrestle”); corresponding to wrest + -le. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wrosselje (“to contend, wrestle”), West Frisian wrakselje (“to wrestle”), Middle Dutch wrastelen (“to wrestle”), Middle Low German wrostelen (“to wrestle”).",
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"tags": [
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"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wrestling",
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"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wrestled",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "wrestled",
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}
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"pos": "verb",
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"To contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw, immobilize or otherwise defeat him, depending on the specific rules of the contest."
],
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"links": [
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"contend",
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],
[
"opponent",
"opponent"
],
[
"grappling",
"grappling"
],
[
"attempting",
"attempting"
],
[
"throw",
"throw"
],
[
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"immobilize"
],
[
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"defeat"
],
[
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"depending"
],
[
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],
[
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw, immobilize or otherwise defeat him, depending on the specific rules of the contest."
],
"tags": [
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],
"translations": [
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"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "borja se",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "боря се"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "lluitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "dumog"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shuāijiǎo",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "摔角"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shuāijiāo",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "摔跤"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "搏鬥"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bódòu",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "搏斗"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "zápasit"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "bryde"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "worstelen"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "lukti"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "painia"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "lutter"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "loitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "ringen"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "palévo",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "παλεύω"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "palaíō",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "παλαίω"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "birkózik"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "ibg",
"lang": "Ibanag",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "gabbu"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "ilo",
"lang": "Ilocano",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "aggabbo"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "gulat"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "bergulat"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "isd",
"lang": "Isnag",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "xabbo"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"alt": "かくとうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kakutō suru",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "格闘する"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "luctor"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "gusti"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "bergusti"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "whātōtō"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "bryte"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "lutar"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "lupta"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "borótʹsja",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "боро́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poborótʹsja",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "поборо́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "rvati"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "luchar"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "brotta"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "buno"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "ibuno"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bplâm",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "ปล้ำ"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "ab thang tshad",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "ཨབ་ཐང་ཚད"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "sbe ga tshad",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "སྦེ་ག་ཚད"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "güreşmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "vật"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "war",
"lang": "Waray-Waray",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "dulong"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 9 3 3 7 8",
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "wrakselje"
}
]
},
{
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"glosses": [
"To struggle or strive."
],
"id": "en-wrestle-en-verb-SyQWD84g",
"links": [
[
"struggle",
"struggle"
],
[
"strive",
"strive"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To struggle or strive."
],
"tags": [
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],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "6 90 2 0 0 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "borja se",
"sense": "to struggle or strive",
"word": "боря се"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 90 2 0 0 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to struggle or strive",
"word": "lukti"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 90 2 0 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to struggle or strive",
"word": "painia"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 90 2 0 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to struggle or strive",
"word": "kamppailla"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 90 2 0 0 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to struggle or strive",
"word": "loitar"
}
]
},
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"To take part in a wrestling match with someone."
],
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"links": [
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To take part in a wrestling match with someone."
],
"tags": [
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"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 3 90 0 4 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "borja se",
"sense": "to take part in wrestling match",
"word": "боря се"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 90 0 4 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to take part in wrestling match",
"word": "painia"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 90 0 4 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to take part in wrestling match",
"word": "loitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 90 0 4 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "košti gereftan",
"sense": "to take part in wrestling match",
"word": "کشتی گرفتن"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 90 0 4 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to take part in wrestling match",
"word": "combater"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 90 0 4 0",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "kušti laṛnā",
"sense": "to take part in wrestling match",
"word": "کشتی لڑنا"
}
]
},
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"ref": "2023 July 26, Jeanna Smialek, “Fed Raises Rates After a Pause and Leaves Door Open to More”, in The New York Times",
"text": "Federal Reserve officials raised interest rates to their highest level in 22 years and left the door open to further action as they continued their 16-month campaign to wrestle inflation lower by cooling the American economy.",
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],
"glosses": [
"To move or lift (something) with difficulty."
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "borótʹsja",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "боро́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poborótʹsja",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "поборо́ться"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "rvati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "luchar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "brotta"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "buno"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "ibuno"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bplâm",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "ปล้ำ"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "ab thang tshad",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "ཨབ་ཐང་ཚད"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "sbe ga tshad",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "སྦེ་ག་ཚད"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "güreşmek"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "vật"
},
{
"code": "war",
"lang": "Waray-Waray",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "dulong"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw",
"word": "wrakselje"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "borja se",
"sense": "to struggle or strive",
"word": "боря се"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to struggle or strive",
"word": "lukti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to struggle or strive",
"word": "painia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to struggle or strive",
"word": "kamppailla"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to struggle or strive",
"word": "loitar"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "borja se",
"sense": "to take part in wrestling match",
"word": "боря се"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to take part in wrestling match",
"word": "painia"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to take part in wrestling match",
"word": "loitar"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "košti gereftan",
"sense": "to take part in wrestling match",
"word": "کشتی گرفتن"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to take part in wrestling match",
"word": "combater"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "kušti laṛnā",
"sense": "to take part in wrestling match",
"word": "کشتی لڑنا"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "borja se",
"sense": "to move or lift with difficulty",
"word": "боря се"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move or lift with difficulty",
"word": "punnertaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to throw an animal for branding",
"word": "kaataa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to fight",
"word": "painia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to fight",
"word": "tapella"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "palévo",
"sense": "to fight",
"word": "παλεύω"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"wrestle"
],
"word": "wrestle"
}
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