"grapple" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɹæpəl/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-ca-grapple.oga [Canada], en-au-grapple.ogg [Australia] Forms: grapples [plural]
enPR: grăpʹəl Rhymes: -æpəl Etymology: From Middle English *grapplen (“to seize, lay hold of”), from Old English *græpplian (“to seize”) (compare Old English ġegræppian (“to seize”)), from Proto-Germanic *graipilōną, *grabbalōną (“to seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to take, seize, rake”), equivalent to grab + -le. Cognate with Dutch grabbelen (“to grope, scramble, scrabble”), German grabbeln (“to rummage, grope about”) and grapsen, grapschen (“to seize, grasp, grabble”). Influenced in some senses by grapple (“tool with claws or hooks”, noun) (see below). See further at grasp. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰrebʰ-}}, {{derived|en|enm|*grapplen||to seize, lay hold of}} Middle English *grapplen (“to seize, lay hold of”), {{derived|en|ang|*græpplian||to seize}} Old English *græpplian (“to seize”), {{cog|ang|ġegræppian||to seize}} Old English ġegræppian (“to seize”), {{derived|en|gem-pro|*graipilōną}} Proto-Germanic *graipilōną, {{m|gem-pro|*grabbalōną||to seize}} *grabbalōną (“to seize”), {{derived|en|ine-pro|*gʰrebʰ-|t=to take, seize, rake}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to take, seize, rake”), {{suffix|en|grab|le}} grab + -le, {{cog|nl|grabbelen||to grope, scramble, scrabble}} Dutch grabbelen (“to grope, scramble, scrabble”), {{cog|de|grabbeln||to rummage, grope about}} German grabbeln (“to rummage, grope about”), {{m|de|grapsen}} grapsen, {{m|de|grapschen||to seize, grasp, grabble}} grapschen (“to seize, grasp, grabble”), {{m|en|grapple||tool with claws or hooks|pos=noun}} grapple (“tool with claws or hooks”, noun), {{l|en|grasp}} grasp Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} grapple (countable and uncountable, plural grapples)
  1. A close hand-to-hand struggle. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a close hand-to-hand struggle): схватка (shvatka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), worsteling (Dutch), paini (Finnish), käsirysy (Finnish), lutte [feminine] (French), combat [masculine] (French), Rauferei [feminine] (German), lotta [feminine] (Italian), nōnoketanga (Maori), luptă [feminine] (Romanian), forcejear (Spanish), forcegear (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-grapple-en-noun-2YK8fm5o Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -le Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 20 20 25 17 18 Disambiguation of 'a close hand-to-hand struggle': 99 1
  2. The act of grappling. (uncountable) Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of grappling): entering (Dutch), tarttuminen (Finnish), abordage [masculine] (French), Ringen [neuter] (German), presa [feminine] (Italian), stretta [feminine] (Italian), چنگ (čang) (Persian), agarramento [masculine] (Portuguese), хва́тка (xvátka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-grapple-en-noun-XRlhFoX0 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -le Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 20 20 25 17 18 Disambiguation of 'act of grappling': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: graple [obsolete] Derived forms: grapple plant
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɹæpəl/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-ca-grapple.oga [Canada], en-au-grapple.ogg [Australia] Forms: grapples [plural]
enPR: grăpʹəl Rhymes: -æpəl Etymology: From Middle English *grapple, *graple, from Old French grappil (“a ship's grapple”) (compare Old French grappin (“hook”)), from Old French grape, grappe, crape (“hook”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *krappō (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *grep- (“hook”), *gremb- (“crooked, uneven”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist”). See further at grape. Influenced in some senses by grapple (“seize”, verb) (see above). Etymology templates: {{derived|en|enm|*grapple}} Middle English *grapple, {{m|enm|*graple}} *graple, {{derived|en|fro|grappil||a ship's grapple}} Old French grappil (“a ship's grapple”), {{cog|fro|grappin||hook}} Old French grappin (“hook”), {{derived|en|fro|grape}} Old French grape, {{m|fro|grappe}} grappe, {{m|fro|crape||hook}} crape (“hook”), {{cog|gem}} Germanic, {{derived|en|frk|*krappō||hook}} Frankish *krappō (“hook”), {{derived|en|ine-pro|*grep-||hook}} Proto-Indo-European *grep- (“hook”), {{m|ine-pro|*gremb-||crooked, uneven}} *gremb- (“crooked, uneven”), {{derived|en|ine-pro|*ger-||to turn, bend, twist}} Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist”), {{m|en|grape}} grape, {{m|en|grapple||seize|pos=verb}} grapple (“seize”, verb) Head templates: {{en-noun}} grapple (plural grapples)
  1. A tool with claws or hooks which is used to catch or hold something.
    (nautical) A device consisting of iron claws, attached to the end of a rope, used for grasping and holding an enemy ship prior to boarding; a grappling iron.     Categories (topical): Nautical, Foods, Tools Categories (lifeform): Fruits
    Sense id: en-grapple-en-noun-PtgzaMLt Disambiguation of Foods: 3 4 21 12 9 5 8 4 6 15 12 1 Disambiguation of Tools: 6 6 20 21 5 8 6 6 5 6 9 2 Disambiguation of Fruits: 4 4 20 12 9 5 9 4 6 15 12 1 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English blends: 7 7 16 11 10 10 6 6 6 10 9 2 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 21 16 11 2 1 2 7 19 18 0 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 2 24 13 10 4 1 3 6 16 19 0 Topics: nautical, transport
  2. A tool with claws or hooks which is used to catch or hold something.
    (nautical) A grapnel (“type of anchor”).     Categories (topical): Nautical, Tools
    Sense id: en-grapple-en-noun-UZ511uwG Disambiguation of Tools: 6 6 20 21 5 8 6 6 5 6 9 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 21 16 11 2 1 2 7 19 18 0 Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: graple [obsolete] Translations (tool with claws or hooks): кука (kuka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), enterhaak (Dutch), koura (Finnish), entraushaka (Finnish), heittokoukku (Finnish), grappin [masculine] (French), Enterhaken [masculine] (German), rampino [masculine] (Italian), raffio [masculine] (Italian), چنگک (čangak) (Persian), ко́шка (kóška) [feminine] (Russian), arpeo [masculine] (Spanish)
Etymology number: 2 Disambiguation of 'tool with claws or hooks': 50 50

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɹæpəl/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-ca-grapple.oga [Canada], en-au-grapple.ogg [Australia]
enPR: grăpʹəl Rhymes: -æpəl Etymology: Blend of grape + apple Etymology templates: {{blend|en|grape|apple}} Blend of grape + apple Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} grapple (uncountable)
  1. (marketing) A combination of grape and apple flavors. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Marketing
    Sense id: en-grapple-en-noun-8Ms5rC2X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 21 16 11 2 1 2 7 19 18 0 Topics: business, marketing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: graple [obsolete]
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ˈɡɹæpəl/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-ca-grapple.oga [Canada], en-au-grapple.ogg [Australia] Forms: grapples [present, singular, third-person], grappling [participle, present], grappled [participle, past], grappled [past]
enPR: grăpʹəl Rhymes: -æpəl Etymology: From Middle English *grapplen (“to seize, lay hold of”), from Old English *græpplian (“to seize”) (compare Old English ġegræppian (“to seize”)), from Proto-Germanic *graipilōną, *grabbalōną (“to seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to take, seize, rake”), equivalent to grab + -le. Cognate with Dutch grabbelen (“to grope, scramble, scrabble”), German grabbeln (“to rummage, grope about”) and grapsen, grapschen (“to seize, grasp, grabble”). Influenced in some senses by grapple (“tool with claws or hooks”, noun) (see below). See further at grasp. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰrebʰ-}}, {{derived|en|enm|*grapplen||to seize, lay hold of}} Middle English *grapplen (“to seize, lay hold of”), {{derived|en|ang|*græpplian||to seize}} Old English *græpplian (“to seize”), {{cog|ang|ġegræppian||to seize}} Old English ġegræppian (“to seize”), {{derived|en|gem-pro|*graipilōną}} Proto-Germanic *graipilōną, {{m|gem-pro|*grabbalōną||to seize}} *grabbalōną (“to seize”), {{derived|en|ine-pro|*gʰrebʰ-|t=to take, seize, rake}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to take, seize, rake”), {{suffix|en|grab|le}} grab + -le, {{cog|nl|grabbelen||to grope, scramble, scrabble}} Dutch grabbelen (“to grope, scramble, scrabble”), {{cog|de|grabbeln||to rummage, grope about}} German grabbeln (“to rummage, grope about”), {{m|de|grapsen}} grapsen, {{m|de|grapschen||to seize, grasp, grabble}} grapschen (“to seize, grasp, grabble”), {{m|en|grapple||tool with claws or hooks|pos=noun}} grapple (“tool with claws or hooks”, noun), {{l|en|grasp}} grasp Head templates: {{en-verb}} grapple (third-person singular simple present grapples, present participle grappling, simple past and past participle grappled)
  1. (transitive) To seize something and hold it firmly. Tags: transitive Translations (to seize and hold firmly): хващам (hvaštam) (Bulgarian), сграбчвам (sgrabčvam) (Bulgarian), engrapar (Catalan), vastgrijpen (Dutch), grijpen (Dutch), tarttua (Finnish), tarrata (Finnish), agripper (French), saisir (French), packen (German), ergreifen (German), 押え込む (osaekomu) (Japanese), rarawhi (Maori), rawhirawhi (Maori), gripe (Norwegian), چنگ زدن (čang zadan) (Persian), agarrar (Portuguese), înșfăca (Romanian), înhăța (Romanian), схва́тывать (sxvátyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), схвати́ть (sxvatítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ухва́тывать (uxvátyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), ухвати́ть (uxvatítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), захва́тывать (zaxvátyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), захвати́ть (zaxvatítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), обхва́тывать (obxvátyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), обхвати́ть (obxvatítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), agarrar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-grapple-en-verb-3-lggqB6 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -le Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 20 20 25 17 18 Disambiguation of 'to seize and hold firmly': 92 2 6
  2. (intransitive) To wrestle or tussle. Tags: intransitive Translations (to wrestle or struggle): боря се (borja se) (Bulgarian), zápasit [imperfective] (Czech), zápolit [imperfective] (Czech), potýkat se [imperfective] (Czech), worstelen (Dutch), painia (Finnish), painiskella (Finnish), ringen (German), kämpfen (German), raufen (German), nōnoke (Maori), whātōtō (Maori), nonoke (Maori), دست به یقه شدن (dast be yaqe šodan) (Persian), lutar (Portuguese), ਗੁੱਥਮਗੁੱਥਾ ਹੋਣਾ (gutthamgutthā hoṇā) (Punjabi), a se lupta (Romanian), боро́ться (borótʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), схвати́ться (sxvatítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), сцепи́ться (scepítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-grapple-en-verb-cUlRxdCE Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -le Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 20 20 25 17 18 Disambiguation of 'to wrestle or struggle': 6 63 31
  3. (figuratively, with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with. Tags: figuratively Translations (to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem): боря се (borja se) (Bulgarian), преодолявам (preodoljavam) (Bulgarian), potýkat se [imperfective] (Czech), zápolit (s čím) (Czech), pohtia (Finnish), painiskella (Finnish), painia (Finnish), auseinandersetzen [reflexive] (German), herumschlagen [reflexive] (German), ringen (German), دست و پنجه نرم کردن (dast-o-panje narm kardan) (Persian), abordar (Portuguese), lidar (Portuguese), a se lupta cu (ceva) (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-grapple-en-verb-ccQOK9Js Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -le Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 20 20 25 17 18 Disambiguation of 'to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem': 2 1 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: graple [obsolete]
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈɡɹæpəl/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-ca-grapple.oga [Canada], en-au-grapple.ogg [Australia] Forms: grapples [present, singular, third-person], grappling [participle, present], grappled [participle, past], grappled [past]
enPR: grăpʹəl Rhymes: -æpəl Etymology: From Middle English *grapple, *graple, from Old French grappil (“a ship's grapple”) (compare Old French grappin (“hook”)), from Old French grape, grappe, crape (“hook”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *krappō (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *grep- (“hook”), *gremb- (“crooked, uneven”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist”). See further at grape. Influenced in some senses by grapple (“seize”, verb) (see above). Etymology templates: {{derived|en|enm|*grapple}} Middle English *grapple, {{m|enm|*graple}} *graple, {{derived|en|fro|grappil||a ship's grapple}} Old French grappil (“a ship's grapple”), {{cog|fro|grappin||hook}} Old French grappin (“hook”), {{derived|en|fro|grape}} Old French grape, {{m|fro|grappe}} grappe, {{m|fro|crape||hook}} crape (“hook”), {{cog|gem}} Germanic, {{derived|en|frk|*krappō||hook}} Frankish *krappō (“hook”), {{derived|en|ine-pro|*grep-||hook}} Proto-Indo-European *grep- (“hook”), {{m|ine-pro|*gremb-||crooked, uneven}} *gremb- (“crooked, uneven”), {{derived|en|ine-pro|*ger-||to turn, bend, twist}} Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist”), {{m|en|grape}} grape, {{m|en|grapple||seize|pos=verb}} grapple (“seize”, verb) Head templates: {{en-verb}} grapple (third-person singular simple present grapples, present participle grappling, simple past and past participle grappled)
  1. (transitive) To fasten, as with a grapple; (by extension) to fix; to join indissolubly. Tags: transitive Translations (to fasten, as with a grapple): verankern (German), einhaken (German)
    Sense id: en-grapple-en-verb-AnRO2n2M Disambiguation of 'to fasten, as with a grapple': 83 4 5 8
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To climb (whether by means of a grapple and rope, or by hand, etc). Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to climb): kraxeln [German, Southern] (German), krabbeln [humorous] (German)
    Sense id: en-grapple-en-verb-C8ADrGMQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 21 16 11 2 1 2 7 19 18 0 Disambiguation of 'to climb': 4 90 6 0
  3. (intransitive) To use a grapple (for example to attempt to find, hook, and raise a net or cable). Tags: intransitive Translations (to use a grapple to attempt to find sth.): fischen (German), angeln (German)
    Sense id: en-grapple-en-verb-OQfPNsx2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 21 16 11 2 1 2 7 19 18 0 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 1 21 12 9 3 1 3 6 15 29 0 Disambiguation of 'to use a grapple to attempt to find sth.': 6 8 82 4
  4. (transitive, intransitive) To hook and raise with a grapple. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to hook and raise with a grapple): an den Haken nehmen (German)
    Sense id: en-grapple-en-verb-2IidTCFR Disambiguation of 'to hook and raise with a grapple': 6 2 8 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: graple [obsolete] Derived forms: grappling tongs
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "_dis1": "92 2 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
          "word": "packen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
          "word": "ergreifen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 6",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "osaekomu",
          "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
          "word": "押え込む"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
          "word": "rarawhi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
          "word": "rawhirawhi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 6",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
          "word": "gripe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 6",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "čang zadan",
          "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
          "word": "چنگ زدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
          "word": "agarrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
          "word": "înșfăca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
          "word": "înhăța"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sxvátyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "схва́тывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sxvatítʹ",
          "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "схвати́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uxvátyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ухва́тывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uxvatítʹ",
          "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "ухвати́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaxvátyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "захва́тывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaxvatítʹ",
          "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "захвати́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obxvátyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "обхва́тывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obxvatítʹ",
          "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "обхвати́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
          "word": "agarrar"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -le",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "To wrestle or tussle."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "wrestle",
          "wrestle"
        ],
        [
          "tussle",
          "tussle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To wrestle or tussle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "6 63 31",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "borja se",
          "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
          "word": "боря се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 63 31",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zápasit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 63 31",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zápolit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 63 31",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "potýkat se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 63 31",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
          "word": "worstelen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 63 31",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
          "word": "painia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 63 31",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
          "word": "painiskella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 63 31",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
          "word": "ringen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 63 31",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
          "word": "kämpfen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 63 31",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
          "word": "raufen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 63 31",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
          "word": "nōnoke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 63 31",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
          "word": "whātōtō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 63 31",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
          "word": "nonoke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 63 31",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "dast be yaqe šodan",
          "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
          "word": "دست به یقه شدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 63 31",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
          "word": "lutar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 63 31",
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "gutthamgutthā hoṇā",
          "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
          "word": "ਗੁੱਥਮਗੁੱਥਾ ਹੋਣਾ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 63 31",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
          "word": "a se lupta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 63 31",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "borótʹsja",
          "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "боро́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 63 31",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sxvatítʹsja",
          "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "схвати́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 63 31",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "scepítʹsja",
          "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сцепи́ться"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 25 17 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -le",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to grapple with one's conscience",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1961 October, \"\"Voyageur\"\", “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 599, photo caption",
          "text": "Class 4 2-6-4T No. 42098 grapples with the 1 in 63 to Troutbeck at the head of the \"Lakes Express\".",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Timothy R. Jennings, The Aging Brain, page 173",
          "text": "Fear of death is a universal human concern with which all thinking people at some point grapple.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "The frictionless appearance of a box on the doorstep is such a seductive notion. We have come to rely on it in such a brief period that we have not been able to grapple fully with the scale or the meaning of home delivery.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with."
      ],
      "id": "en-grapple-en-verb-ccQOK9Js",
      "links": [
        [
          "with",
          "with#English"
        ],
        [
          "ponder",
          "ponder"
        ],
        [
          "intensely",
          "intensely"
        ],
        [
          "evaluate",
          "evaluate"
        ],
        [
          "struggle",
          "struggle"
        ],
        [
          "deal",
          "deal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with with",
        "with with"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 97",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "borja se",
          "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
          "word": "боря се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 97",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "preodoljavam",
          "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
          "word": "преодолявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 97",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "potýkat se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 97",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
          "word": "zápolit (s čím)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 97",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
          "word": "pohtia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 97",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
          "word": "painiskella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 97",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
          "word": "painia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 97",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
          "tags": [
            "reflexive"
          ],
          "word": "auseinandersetzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 97",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
          "tags": [
            "reflexive"
          ],
          "word": "herumschlagen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 97",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
          "word": "ringen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 97",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "dast-o-panje narm kardan",
          "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
          "word": "دست و پنجه نرم کردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 97",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
          "word": "abordar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 97",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
          "word": "lidar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 97",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
          "word": "a se lupta cu (ceva)"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɹæpəl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æpəl"
    },
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      "audio": "en-ca-grapple.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/En-ca-grapple.oga/En-ca-grapple.oga.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/En-ca-grapple.oga",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (CA)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-grapple.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/En-au-grapple.ogg/En-au-grapple.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/En-au-grapple.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "grăpʹəl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "graple"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "United States Marine Corps",
    "grapple"
  ],
  "word": "grapple"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "grapple plant"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʰrebʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "derived"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "4": "",
        "5": "to seize"
      },
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      "name": "derived"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ġegræppian",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to seize"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ġegræppian (“to seize”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*graipilōną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *graipilōną",
      "name": "derived"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to seize"
      },
      "expansion": "*grabbalōną (“to seize”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "derived"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "grab",
        "3": "le"
      },
      "expansion": "grab + -le",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "grabbelen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to grope, scramble, scrabble"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch grabbelen (“to grope, scramble, scrabble”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "grabbeln",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to rummage, grope about"
      },
      "expansion": "German grabbeln (“to rummage, grope about”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "grapsen"
      },
      "expansion": "grapsen",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "grapschen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to seize, grasp, grabble"
      },
      "expansion": "grapschen (“to seize, grasp, grabble”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "grapple",
        "3": "",
        "4": "tool with claws or hooks",
        "pos": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "grapple (“tool with claws or hooks”, noun)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grasp"
      },
      "expansion": "grasp",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English *grapplen (“to seize, lay hold of”), from Old English *græpplian (“to seize”) (compare Old English ġegræppian (“to seize”)), from Proto-Germanic *graipilōną, *grabbalōną (“to seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to take, seize, rake”), equivalent to grab + -le.\nCognate with Dutch grabbelen (“to grope, scramble, scrabble”), German grabbeln (“to rummage, grope about”) and grapsen, grapschen (“to seize, grasp, grabble”). Influenced in some senses by grapple (“tool with claws or hooks”, noun) (see below). See further at grasp.",
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      "form": "grapples",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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    "grap‧ple"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "_dis": "20 20 25 17 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -le",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        "A close hand-to-hand struggle."
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      "id": "en-grapple-en-noun-2YK8fm5o",
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          "hand-to-hand"
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          "struggle",
          "struggle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "shvatka",
          "sense": "a close hand-to-hand struggle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "схватка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a close hand-to-hand struggle",
          "word": "worsteling"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a close hand-to-hand struggle",
          "word": "paini"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a close hand-to-hand struggle",
          "word": "käsirysy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a close hand-to-hand struggle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lutte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a close hand-to-hand struggle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "combat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a close hand-to-hand struggle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Rauferei"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a close hand-to-hand struggle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lotta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a close hand-to-hand struggle",
          "word": "nōnoketanga"
        },
        {
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          "ref": "1901, Leonard Charles Smithers, Oriental Tales, page 291",
          "text": "[…] he provided himself with thieves' tackle and repaired to the house of the vizier in question, where he grappled a rope ladder with grappling irons to the battlements and climbed up to the roof of the palace .",
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          "ref": "1914, Proceedings of the International Anti-vivisection and Animal Protection Congress, Held at Washington, D.C., December 8th to 11th, 1913, page 51",
          "text": "[Animals are hung] one by one, by a chain or rope grappled about a hind ankle, and carried, thus suspended, by an overhead device, to where the sticker stands. As rapidly as he can thrust his knife into the throat he does his work.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988, Roger Lichtenberg Simon, Raising the dead",
          "text": "Then I saw it — a figure swinging just above the arches, hanging from rope grappled to a lintel of an alcove fifty feet above. It had to be Gordie.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1997, European Conference on Security and Detection - ECOS97, Incorporating the One Day Symposium on Technology Used for Combating Fraud: 28-30 April 1997, Venue, Commomwealth Institute, London",
          "text": "These toppings impart a swaying motion to anyone climbing a rope grappled onto them, making climbing difficult. This form of topping is worthy of further study.",
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          "ref": "2012, Rudy Rodriguez, Before There Was, Lulu.com, page 448",
          "text": "He had one of the ropes grappled around a ledge of a window and the other end around his ankle for safety purposes, not really expecting it to come into play. He falls at such an accelerated speed that when the rope becomes taut, it spikes ...",
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          "ref": "2014, Robert E. Waters, The Wayward Eight: A Contract to Die For, Winged Hussar Publishing",
          "text": "The men scrambled down the three ropes that had been grappled up the shaft.",
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          "ref": "2015, Chris Allen, Avenger: The Alex Morgan Interpol Spy Thriller Series (Intrepid 3), Pan",
          "text": "Morgan recoiled, ready to fend off another attack, but the rope grappled him back against the fence."
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          "deal",
          "deal"
        ]
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        "obsolete"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hvaštam",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "word": "хващам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sgrabčvam",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "word": "сграбчвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "word": "engrapar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "word": "vastgrijpen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "word": "grijpen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "word": "tarttua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "word": "tarrata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "word": "agripper"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "word": "saisir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "word": "packen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "word": "ergreifen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "osaekomu",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "word": "押え込む"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "word": "rarawhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "word": "rawhirawhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "word": "gripe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "čang zadan",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "word": "چنگ زدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "word": "agarrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "word": "înșfăca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "word": "înhăța"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sxvátyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "схва́тывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sxvatítʹ",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "схвати́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uxvátyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ухва́тывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uxvatítʹ",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ухвати́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaxvátyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "захва́тывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "zaxvatítʹ",
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        "perfective"
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    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obxvátyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обхва́тывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обхвати́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to seize and hold firmly",
      "word": "agarrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "borja se",
      "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
      "word": "боря се"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zápasit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zápolit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "potýkat se"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
      "word": "worstelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
      "word": "painia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
      "word": "painiskella"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
      "word": "ringen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
      "word": "kämpfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
      "word": "raufen"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
      "word": "nōnoke"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
      "word": "whātōtō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
      "word": "nonoke"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dast be yaqe šodan",
      "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
      "word": "دست به یقه شدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
      "word": "lutar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "gutthamgutthā hoṇā",
      "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
      "word": "ਗੁੱਥਮਗੁੱਥਾ ਹੋਣਾ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
      "word": "a se lupta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "borótʹsja",
      "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "боро́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sxvatítʹsja",
      "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "схвати́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "scepítʹsja",
      "sense": "to wrestle or struggle",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сцепи́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "borja se",
      "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
      "word": "боря се"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "preodoljavam",
      "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
      "word": "преодолявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "potýkat se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
      "word": "zápolit (s čím)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
      "word": "pohtia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
      "word": "painiskella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
      "word": "painia"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ],
      "word": "auseinandersetzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ],
      "word": "herumschlagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
      "word": "ringen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dast-o-panje narm kardan",
      "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
      "word": "دست و پنجه نرم کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
      "word": "abordar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
      "word": "lidar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem",
      "word": "a se lupta cu (ceva)"
    }
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    "United States Marine Corps",
    "grapple"
  ],
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}

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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "shvatka",
      "sense": "a close hand-to-hand struggle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "схватка"
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      "word": "worsteling"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a close hand-to-hand struggle",
      "word": "paini"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a close hand-to-hand struggle",
      "word": "käsirysy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a close hand-to-hand struggle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lutte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a close hand-to-hand struggle",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "combat"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "a close hand-to-hand struggle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rauferei"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a close hand-to-hand struggle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "a close hand-to-hand struggle",
      "word": "nōnoketanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a close hand-to-hand struggle",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "luptă"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a close hand-to-hand struggle",
      "word": "forcejear"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a close hand-to-hand struggle",
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    {
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      "word": "entering"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of grappling",
      "word": "tarttuminen"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of grappling",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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          "ref": "1901, Leonard Charles Smithers, Oriental Tales, page 291",
          "text": "[…] he provided himself with thieves' tackle and repaired to the house of the vizier in question, where he grappled a rope ladder with grappling irons to the battlements and climbed up to the roof of the palace .",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1914, Proceedings of the International Anti-vivisection and Animal Protection Congress, Held at Washington, D.C., December 8th to 11th, 1913, page 51",
          "text": "[Animals are hung] one by one, by a chain or rope grappled about a hind ankle, and carried, thus suspended, by an overhead device, to where the sticker stands. As rapidly as he can thrust his knife into the throat he does his work.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988, Roger Lichtenberg Simon, Raising the dead",
          "text": "Then I saw it — a figure swinging just above the arches, hanging from rope grappled to a lintel of an alcove fifty feet above. It had to be Gordie.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, European Conference on Security and Detection - ECOS97, Incorporating the One Day Symposium on Technology Used for Combating Fraud: 28-30 April 1997, Venue, Commomwealth Institute, London",
          "text": "These toppings impart a swaying motion to anyone climbing a rope grappled onto them, making climbing difficult. This form of topping is worthy of further study.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Rudy Rodriguez, Before There Was, Lulu.com, page 448",
          "text": "He had one of the ropes grappled around a ledge of a window and the other end around his ankle for safety purposes, not really expecting it to come into play. He falls at such an accelerated speed that when the rope becomes taut, it spikes ...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Robert E. Waters, The Wayward Eight: A Contract to Die For, Winged Hussar Publishing",
          "text": "The men scrambled down the three ropes that had been grappled up the shaft.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Chris Allen, Avenger: The Alex Morgan Interpol Spy Thriller Series (Intrepid 3), Pan",
          "text": "Morgan recoiled, ready to fend off another attack, but the rope grappled him back against the fence."
        }
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          "ref": "2012, Allen G. Davison, The Blessed, page 149",
          "text": "Sam quickly geared up and placed the first hook. “I am coming as well,” Alicia announced. […] Sam planted the anchor and then grappled down as Alicia struggled to move more than a foot or shift down.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Cora Buhlert, St. Nicholas of Hell's Kitchen: An Silencer Holiday Story, Pegasus Pulp Publishing, page 27",
          "text": "In cases such as this, the Silencer usually grappled up the outside of the building. But Rumpus' tower was sixty storeys tall […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Russ Katz, The Principal's Daughter, Dog Ear Publishing, page 5",
          "text": "I made haste and grappled up the next branch, determined to get to the top first.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Edward W. Robertson, Freefall",
          "text": "MacAdams didn't look back to see what they were up to, just ran across the flat roof and grappled down the other side of the building.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Adair Hart, The Earthborn Box Set: Books 1-3, Quantum Edge Publishing",
          "text": "He grappled up the tree and perched himself on a branch that gave him a good view over the most of the jungle.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Siddhartha Thorat, Operation Hellfire, Sristhi Publishers & Distributors",
          "text": "As soon as the snipers had confirmed that the roof was clear, the commandos had grappled up the five stories. They had used a grappling hook called Tactical Air Initiated Launch (TAIL) System which could shoot a grappling hook using […]",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "ref": "1912, Sessional Papers - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, page 126",
          "text": "The following days I spent patrolling the river and grappling for nets. On Wednesday , 18th July , left Gananoque at 7 a.m.; patrolled down to Rockport, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Jamal Manassah, Innovations in Telecommunications, Elsevier, page 427",
          "text": "After returning from the cable factory with another load of cable and repeaters, the buoy will be recovered or the rope grappled for. When the previous section is aboard the ship, transmission tests are made […]"
        }
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        "To use a grapple (for example to attempt to find, hook, and raise a net or cable)."
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        "(intransitive) To use a grapple (for example to attempt to find, hook, and raise a net or cable)."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
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        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1861, Report of the Joint Committee Appointed by the Lords of the Committee of [Great British] Privy Council for Trade and the Atlantic Telegraph Company, page 263",
          "text": "The place where the cable got jammed and broken at the bottom was two or three miles from where I grappled up the cable the first time. I do not, of course, know for certain whether rocks with crevices exist.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "ref": "1908, New York (State). Court of Appeals, New York Court of Appeals. Records and Briefs",
          "text": "[page 11:] Weston had just grappled the net, when we saw the light corning up the lake.\n[page 15:] A. About an hour and a half after dark with Weston I rowed across to this point where the net was set, and he, with a grappling hook, grappled up the net.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To hook and raise with a grapple."
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        "(transitive, intransitive) To hook and raise with a grapple."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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    }
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        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to fasten, as with a grapple",
      "word": "verankern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to fasten, as with a grapple",
      "word": "einhaken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to climb",
      "tags": [
        "German",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "word": "kraxeln"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to climb",
      "tags": [
        "humorous"
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      "word": "krabbeln"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to use a grapple to attempt to find sth.",
      "word": "fischen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to use a grapple to attempt to find sth.",
      "word": "angeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to hook and raise with a grapple",
      "word": "an den Haken nehmen"
    }
  ],
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    "United States Marine Corps",
    "grapple"
  ],
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}

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          "ref": "1997 July 28, LadyCheron, “A Pawned Pond”, in alt.callahans (Usenet)",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Charlene Beckmann, Esther Billings, “Menu of Problems: April 2001”, in Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, volume 6, number 8, NCTM, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 464–472",
          "text": "Bradley’s mother prefers grapple juice that is 25 percent grape and 75 percent apple.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 March 31, Bruce A. Ware, Big Truths for Young Hearts, Crossway, pages 122–123",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Anthony E. Southby, Green Planet, page 153",
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          "type": "quotation"
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    "United States Marine Corps",
    "grapple"
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