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Fight
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- 1 An occasion of fighting. countable, uncountable
"One of them got stuck in a chokehold and got stabbed to death during the fight."
- 2 a boxing or wrestling match wordnet
- 3 A battle between opposing armies. archaic, countable, uncountable
- 4 a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war wordnet
- 5 A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups. countable, uncountable
"Watch your language! Are you looking for a fight?"
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- 6 the act of fighting; any contest or struggle wordnet
- 7 A boxing or martial arts match. countable, uncountable
"I’m going to Nick’s to watch the big fight tomorrow night."
- 8 an aggressive willingness to compete wordnet
- 9 A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife. countable, uncountable
"I’ll put up a fight to save this company."
- 10 an intense verbal dispute wordnet
- 11 The will or ability to fight. uncountable
"That little guy has a bit of fight in him after all. As soon as he saw the size of his opponent, all the fight went out of him."
- 12 A screen for the combatants in ships; an arming. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Who ever ſaw a noble ſight, / That never view'd a brave Sea Fight: / Hang up your bloody Colours in the Aire, / Up with your Fights, and your Nettings prepare, / Your Merry Mates chear, with a luſty bold ſpright, / Now each Man his brindice, and then to the Fight, […]"
- 1 Senses relating to physical conflict:; To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with. transitive
"My grandfather fought the Nazis in World War II."
- 2 be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight wordnet
- 3 Senses relating to physical conflict:; To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare, a cause, etc.). transitive
"Our soldiers fought the battle just over that hill."
- 4 fight against or resist strongly wordnet
- 5 Senses relating to physical conflict:; To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc. intransitive
"A wounded animal will fight tooth and nail; relentless, savage and murderous."
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- 6 make a strenuous or labored effort wordnet
- 7 Senses relating to physical conflict:; To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle etc. reciprocal
"The two boxers have been fighting for more than half an hour."
- 8 exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for wordnet
- 9 Senses relating to physical conflict:; To cause to fight; to manage or manoeuvre in a fight. causative
"And so we made their grave where they should lie Close side by side, as they had fought their tank Through every fight, arm touching arm. We made it deep, that nothing of the conflict they had left above Should break into their peace."
- 10 To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success. intransitive
"He fought for the Democrats in the last election."
- 11 To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract. transitive
"The government pledged to fight corruption."
- 12 Of colours or other design elements: to clash; to fail to harmonize. intransitive
"The higher the saturation, the more the colors fight, and the more users will be looking at your design instead of your content."
Etymology
From Middle English fighten (“to fight”), from Old English feohtan (“to fight, combat, strive”), from Proto-West Germanic *fehtan (“to fight”), from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to comb, tease, shear, struggle with”), from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to comb, shear”). Cognate with Scots fecht (“to fight”), West Frisian fjochtsje, fjuchte (“to fight”), Dutch vechten (“to fight”), Low German fechten (“to fight”), German fechten (“to fight, fence”), Danish fægte (“to fence, to fight (using blade weapons)”), Norwegian fekte (“to fence”), Swedish fäkta (“to fence, to fight (using blade weapons), to wave vigorously (and carelessly) with one's arms”), Latin pectō (“comb, thrash”, verb), Albanian pjek (“to hit, strive, fight”), Ancient Greek πέκω (pékō, “comb or card wool”, verb). Related also to Old English feht (“wool, shaggy pelt, fleece”).
From Middle English fight, feyght, fiȝt, fecht, from Old English feoht, ġefeoht (“fight”), from Proto-West Germanic *fehtan (“to fight”), from Proto-Germanic *fehtą, *gafehtą (“fight, struggle”), from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to struggle with”). Cognate with Dutch gevecht (“fight”), German Gefecht (“fight”).
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