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Fight (song)
WordNet
noun
(1) A boxing or wrestling match
"The fight was on television last night"
(2) A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
"Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"
"He lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
(3) The act of fighting; any contest or struggle
"A fight broke out at the hockey game"
"There was fighting in the streets"
"The unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
(4) An aggressive willingness to compete
"The team was full of fight"
(5) An intense verbal dispute
"A violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate"
verb
(6) Be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
"The tribesmen fought each other"
"Siblings are always fighting"
"Militant groups are contending for control of the country"
(7) Fight against or resist strongly
"The senator said he would oppose the bill"
"Don't fight it!"
(8) Make a strenuous or labored effort
"She struggled for years to survive without welfare"
"He fought for breath"
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
From feohtan, from . Cognate with Dutch vechten, German fechten.
Verb
- To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
- The two boxers have been fighting for more than half an hour.
- A wounded animal will fight like a maniac.
- To strive for; to campaign or contend for success.
- He fought for the Democrats in the last election.
- To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).
- The battle was fought just over that hill.
- To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
- My grandfather fought the Nazis in World War II.
- To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
- The government pledged to fight corruption.
Etymology 2
From feoht, from the verb. Corresponding to Dutch gevecht, German Gefecht.
Noun
- An occasion of fighting.
- A battle between opposing armies.
- A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
- Watch your language, are you looking for a fight?
- A boxing or martial arts match.
- I'm going to Nick’s to watch the big fight tomorrow night.
- A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.
- I'll put up a fight to save this company.
- The will or ability to fight
- As soon as he saw the size of his opponent, all the fight went out of him.
- That little guy have a little fight inside him after all.