Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wrestle \Wres"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wrestled}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Wrestling}.] [OE. wrestlen, wrastlen, AS. wr?stlian,
   freq. of wr?stan to wrest; akin to OD. wrastelen to wrestle.
   See {Wrest}, v. t.]
   1. To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or
      throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.

            To-morrow, sir, I wrestle for my credit, and he that
            escapes me without some broken limb shall acquit him
            well.                                 --Shak.

            Another, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of
            the clavicle from the sternum.        --Wiseman.

   2. Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend.

            Come, wrestle with thy affections.    --Shak.

            We wrestle not against flesh and blood. --Eph. vi.
                                                  12.

            Difficulties with which he had himself wrestled.
                                                  --M. Arnold.

Wrestle \Wres"tle\, v. t.
   To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.

Wrestle \Wres"tle\, n.
   A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the
   other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a
   struggle.

         Whom in a wrestle the giant catching aloft, with a
         terrible hug broke three of his ribs.    --Milton.

Source : WordNet®

wrestle
     n : the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had
         a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and
         wrestling with the bully" [syn: {wrestling}, {grapple}, {grappling},
          {hand-to-hand struggle}]

wrestle
     v 1: combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He
          wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"
     2: engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I
        wrestled with this decision for years"
     3: to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when
        struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The
        child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace" [syn:
         {writhe}, {wriggle}, {worm}, {squirm}, {twist}]
     4: engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the
        garden"