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grapple
/ˈɡɹæpəl/
verb 7noun 5
Collocations
5ADJ.
new, spanish
VERB + GRAPPLE
continued, point
GRAPPLE + NOUN
conscience, grape-apple, jelly, one's, problem, thy, ways
PREP.
with
ADV.
always
Definitions
verb
1
To seize something and hold it firmly.
2
To wrestle or tussle.
3
To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.
to grapple with one's conscience
Class 4 2-6-4T No. 42098 grapples with the 1 in 63 to Troutbeck at the head of the "Lakes Express".
noun
1
A close hand-to-hand struggle.
2
The act of grappling. (uncountable)
noun
1
A tool with claws or hooks which is used to catch or hold something.
2
A tool with claws or hooks which is used to catch or hold something.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
verb — to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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to grapple with one's conscience
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Class 4 2-6-4T No. 42098 grapples with the 1 in 63 to Troutbeck at the head of the "Lakes Express".
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Fear of death is a universal human concern with which all thinking people at some point grapple.
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The gallies were grapled to the Centurion.
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Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel.
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[…] he provided himself with thieves' tackle and repaired to the house of the vizier in question, where he grappled a rope ladder with grappling irons to the battlements and climbed up to the roof of
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