Meaning of struggle in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task.

• Strife, contention, great effort.

verb

• To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.

  Example: During the centuries, the people of Ireland struggled constantly to assert their right to govern themselves.

• To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

  Example: She struggled to escape from her assailant's grasp.