grapple
1. a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
• Syn:
clamshell
• Hypernyms:
dredging bucket
2. a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding;
often thrown with a rope
• Syn:
grapnel, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron
• Hypernyms:
tool
• Hyponyms:
crampon, crampoon
• Part Meronyms:
hook, claw
3. 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:
wrestle, wrestling, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle
• Derivationally related forms:
grapple (for: grappling), wrestle (for: wrestling), wrestle (for: wrestle)
• Hypernyms:
struggle
1. come to terms with (Freq. 3)
- We got by on just a gallon of gas
- They made do on half a loaf of bread every day
• Syn:
cope, get by, make out, make do, contend,
deal, manage
• Hypernyms:
act, move
• Hyponyms:
improvise, extemporize, fend, hack, cut,
scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by, rub along,
meet, match, cope with
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s (for: manage)
- Somebody ----s (for: make do)
- Somebody ----s (for: make out)
- Somebody ----s (for: get by)
- Somebody ----s (for: cope)
2. to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match (Freq. 2)
- the two men grappled with each other for several minutes
• Syn:
grip
• Derivationally related forms:
grip (for: grip), grappler, grappling
• Hypernyms:
seize, prehend, clutch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s PP
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