struggle

noun · verbB1

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noun

Plural noun:

strugglesstroggellstrogell

1.
A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task.
2.
(figuratively)(figurative) Strife, contention, great effort.

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verb

V_es/s

struggles

V_ing/Gerund

struggling

V_ed/pp

struggledstroggell

1.
(intransitive)To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.
During the centuries, the people of Ireland struggled constantly to assert their right to govern themselves.
2.
(intransitive)To have difficulty with something.
One of the doctor’s patients struggled with depression.
3.
(intransitive)To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
She struggled to escape from her assailant's grasp.

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From Middle English struglen, stroglen, strogelen, of obscure origin; perhaps from a variant of *strokelen, *stroukelen (> English stroll), from Middle Dutch struyckelen ("to stumble, trip, falter"; > Modern Dutch struikelen), the frequentative form of *strūkon (to stumble), from Proto-Germanic *strūkōną, *strūkēną (to be stiff), from Proto-Indo-European *strug-, *ster- (to be stiff;