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Fighting - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Fighting : adj
1: engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; "on
active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review
the fighting forces" [syn: active, combat-ready, fighting(a)]
2: engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"; "a
fighting war" [syn: belligerent, militant, war-ridden,
warring]
3: disposed to loud disagreements and fighting [syn: brawling]
(noun)
1: 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"
[syn: fight, combat, scrap]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Fight \Fight\ (f[imac]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fought
(f[add]t); p. pr. & vb. n. Fighting.] [OE. fihten, fehten,
AS. feohtan; akin to D. vechten, OHG. fehtan, G. fechten, Sw.
f["a]kta, Dan. fegte, and perh. to E. fist; cf. L. pugnare to
fight, pugnus fist.]
1. To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single
combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy,
either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; --
followed by with or against.
You do fight against your country's foes. --Shak.
To fight with thee no man of arms will deign.
--Milton.
2. To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to
contend; to strive; to make resistance.
To fight shy, to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters;
to keep out of reach.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Fighting : \Fight"ing\, a.
1. Qualified for war; fit for battle.
An host of fighting men. --2 Chron.
xxvi. 11.
2. Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a
fighting field. --Pope.
A fighting chance, one dependent upon the issue of a
struggle. [Colloq.]
Fighting crab (Zo["o]l.), the fiddler crab.
Fighting fish (Zo["o]l.), a remarkably pugnacious East
Indian fish ({Betta pugnax), reared by the Siamese for
spectacular fish fights.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Fighting |
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646guy: There are days when I've wondered if I did the right thing by not "Fighting" for you more. Today, you let me know I did. Thanks. :) #fb |
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jesuslovesreisa: people downstairs are Fighting. i'm scared. :( |
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afashionfan: RT @philipaklein: Wyden on Maddow, encourages progressives to keep Fighting, says: "This cake is far from baked." |
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