wrestling
A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling…A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.
» Have you ever watched sumo wrestling?
Hast du schon mal Sumo geschaut?
Вы когда-нибудь смотрели сумо?
Ты когда-нибудь смотрел сумо?
Ты когда-нибудь смотрела сумо?
Ти колись дивився сумо?
Ти колись дивилася сумо?
Ви колись дивилися сумо?
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.
(countable, dated)A wrestling match.
(countable)The act of one who wrestles; a struggle to achieve something.
- the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down
- the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
Examples
74 sentencesHave you ever watched sumo wrestling?
Ти колись дивився сумо? — deniko
ruВы когда-нибудь смотрели сумо? — Balamax
deHast du schon mal Sumo geschaut? — Zaghawa
Tom isn't on the wrestling team.
Tom is on the wrestling team.
I don't know anything about wrestling.
How did you get started in wrestling?
Origin
From late Old English wræstlung.From late Old English wræstlung.
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Forms
plural: wrestlings| Singular | wrestling |
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Synonyms
5 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
3 patterns- the wrestling team
- wrestling team
- on the wrestling