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struggle
English
Alternative forms
- stroggell, strogell (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English struglen, stroglen, strogelen, of obscure origin. Cognate with Scots strugil (“to struggle, grapple, contend”). Perhaps from a variant of *strokelen, *stroukelen (> English stroll), from Middle Dutch struyckelen ("to stumble, trip, falter"; > Modern Dutch struikelen), the frequentative form of Old Dutch *str?kon (“to stumble”), from Proto-Germanic *str?k?n?, *str?k?n? (“to be stiff”), from Proto-Indo-European *strug-, *ster- (“to be stiff; to bristle, strut, stumble, fall”), related to Middle Low German strûkelen ("to stumble"; > Low German strükeln), Old High German str?hh?n, str?hh?n ("to stumble, trip, tumble, go astray"; > German strauchen, straucheln).
Alternative etymology derives the base of struggle from Old Norse strúgr (“arrogance, pride, spitefulness, ill-will”) + -le (frequentative suffix), from Proto-Germanic *str?kaz (“stiff, rigid”), ultimately from the same Proto-Indo-European root above, which would make it cognate with dialectal Swedish strug (“contention, strife, discord”), Norwegian stru (“obstinate, unruly”), Danish struende (“reluctantly”), Scots strug (“difficulty, perplexity, a laborious task”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?str???l/, [?st???l?]
- Hyphenation: strug?gle
- Rhymes: -???l
Noun
struggle (plural struggles)
- A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task.
- (figuratively) Strife, contention, great effort.
Derived terms
- class struggle
- power struggle
Translations
Verb
struggle (third-person singular simple present struggles, present participle struggling, simple past and past participle struggled)
- To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.
- To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Translations
Anagrams
- gurglets
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fray
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: fr?, IPA(key): /f?e?/
- Rhymes: -e?
Etymology 1
From Middle English fraien, borrowed from Old French frayer, from Latin fric?re, present active infinitive of fric?.
Verb
fray (third-person singular simple present frays, present participle fraying, simple past and past participle frayed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) unravel; used particularly for the edge of something made of cloth, or the end of a rope.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To cause exhaustion, wear out (a person's mental strength).
- (Metaphorical use; nerves are visualised as strings)
- (transitive, archaic) frighten; alarm
- And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 63:
- "Besides, all the wit and Philosophy in the world can never demonstrate, that the killing and slaughtering of a Beast is anymore then the striking of a Bush where a Bird's Nest is, where you fray away the Bird, and then seize upon the empty Nest."
- 1830, Isaac Taylor, The Natural History of Enthusiasm
- the many checks and reverses which belong to the common course of human life , usually fray it away from present scenes
- (transitive) To bear the expense of; to defray.
- 1631, Philip Massinger, The Emperor of the East
- The charge of my most curious and costly ingredients frayed, I shall acknowledge myself amply satisfied.
- 1631, Philip Massinger, The Emperor of the East
- (intransitive) To rub.
- 1808, Walter Scott, Hunting Song
Related terms
- friction
- fricative
- affricate
- dentifrice
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English frai, aphetic variant of affray.
Noun
fray (plural frays)
- A fight or argument
- (archaic) Fright.
Related terms
- affray
Translations
Spanish
Etymology
Apocope of fraile (“friar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?ai/, [?f?ai?]
Noun
fray m (plural frayes)
- friar
Abbreviations
- fr.
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