fight

fight
    n 1: 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" [syn: {battle}, {conflict},
         {fight}, {engagement}]
    2: 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},
       {fighting}, {combat}, {scrap}]
    3: an aggressive willingness to compete; "the team was full of
       fight" [syn: {competitiveness}, {fight}]
    4: an intense verbal dispute; "a violent fight over the bill is
       expected in the Senate"
    5: a boxing or wrestling match; "the fight was on television
       last night"
    v 1: 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"
         [syn: {contend}, {fight}, {struggle}]
    2: fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would
       oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!" [syn: {fight}, {oppose},
       {fight back}, {fight down}, {defend}]
    3: make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years
       to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath" [syn:
       {fight}, {struggle}]
    4: exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to
       gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or
       person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for
       reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is
       pushing for his favorite candidate" [syn: {crusade}, {fight},
       {press}, {campaign}, {push}, {agitate}]
    

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[aum]kta, Dan. fegte, and perh. to E. fist; cf. L. pugnare
   to fight, pugnus fist.]
   1. To strive or contened 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.
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            You do fight against your country's foes. --Shak.
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            To fight with thee no man of arms will deign.
                                                  --Milton.
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   2. To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to
      contend; to strive; to make resistance.
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   {To fight shy}, to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters;
      to keep out of reach.
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Fight \Fight\, v. t.
   1. To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or
      gain by struggle, as one's way; to sustain by fighting, as
      a cause.
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            He had to fight his way through the world.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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            I have fought a good fight.           --2 Tim. iv.
                                                  7.
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   2. To contend with in battle; to war against; as, they fought
      the enemy in two pitched battles; the sloop fought the
      frigate for three hours.
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   3. To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as,
      to fight cocks; to fight one's ship.
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   {To fight it out}, to fight until a decisive and conclusive
      result is reached.
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Fight \Fight\, n. [OE. fight, feht, AS. feoht. See {Fight}, v.
   i.]
   1. A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a combat; a
      violent conflict or struggle for victory, between
      individuals or between armies, ships, or navies, etc.
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            Who now defies thee thrice to single fight.
                                                  --Milton.
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   2. A struggle or contest of any kind.
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   3. Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as, he
      has a great deal of fight in him. [Colloq.]
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   4. A screen for the combatants in ships. [Obs.]
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            Up with your fights, and your nettings prepare.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   {Running fight}, a fight in which the enemy is continually
      chased; also, one which continues without definite end or
      result.

   Syn: Combat; engagement; contest; struggle; encounter; fray;
        affray; action; conflict. See {Battle}.
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277 Moby Thesaurus words for "fight":
      Olympic games, Olympics, a outrance, action, aerial combat, affray,
      against, aggression, aggressiveness, agonize, altercate,
      altercation, antagonism, antagonize, argue, argument,
      armored combat, avoid, bandy with, battle, battle it out,
      battle royal, beat against, beat up against, beef, bellicism,
      bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, bicker, bicker over,
      bickering, blood feud, bout, box, brawl, breast the wave, broil,
      brush, buck, buffet, buffet the waves, bullfight, bump heads,
      carry on hostilities, chauvinism, clash, clash of arms, close,
      close with, cockfight, collide, combat, combativeness,
      come to blows, compete with, concours, conflict, conflict with,
      confound, confront, confute, contend, contend about,
      contend against, contend for, contend with, contention,
      contentiousness, contest, contradict, contravene, controversy,
      cope with, cross swords with, cut and thrust, debate, defy, derby,
      differ, difference of opinion, disagree, disagreement, discord,
      dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disturbance, dogfight,
      donnybrook, donnybrook fair, duel, embroilment, encounter, engage,
      engage in hostilities, engage with, engagement, enthusiasm,
      exchange blows, exchange of blows, exchange shots, fence, ferocity,
      feud, fierceness, fight a duel, fight against, fight for,
      fight like devils, fight over, fight shy of, fight with, fighting,
      fire fight, flite, fliting, fracas, fray, free-for-all, fuss, game,
      games, give and take, give satisfaction, go, go to loggerheads,
      grapple, grapple with, ground combat, grunt and sweat, gymkhana,
      hand-to-hand combat, hand-to-hand fight, hassle, have it out,
      have words, hostilities, hostility, house-to-house combat,
      huff and puff, imbroglio, jingoism, join battle with, join issue,
      jostle, joust, keep away from, knock-down-and-drag-out,
      labor against, lock horns, logomachy, make a stand, make war,
      martialism, match, matching, measure swords with, meet, meeting,
      melee, mettle, militancy, militarism, militate against,
      misunderstanding, mix it up, monomachy, naval combat,
      offer resistance, open quarrel, oppose, oppugn, passage of arms,
      pitched battle, pluck, polemic, protest, pugnaciousness, pugnacity,
      quarrel, quarrel over, quarrelsomeness, question, rail, rally,
      rassle, refute, reluct, reluctate, rencontre, repel, repulse,
      resist, riot, rise up, rival, row, rowdy, ruckus, rumble,
      run a tilt, run-in, running fight, saber rattling, scramble, scrap,
      scrimmage, scuffle, set to, set-to, settle it, sharp words,
      shed blood, shoving match, single combat, skirmish, slanging match,
      snarl, spar, spat, spill blood, spirit, squabble, squabble over,
      stand-up fight, stem the tide, stickle for, stipulate for,
      street fight, strife, strive, strive against, strive for,
      strive with, struggle, struggle against, struggle for,
      struggle with, take a stand, take issue with, take on, tangle with,
      tauromachy, test, thrust and parry, tiff, tilt, tilt with,
      tournament, tourney, traverse, trial, truculence,
      try conclusions with, tug, tug-of-war, tussle, unfriendliness,
      unpeacefulness, vendetta, vie for, vie with, wage war, war,
      warfare, warmongering, warpath, withstand, words, wrangle,
      wrangle over, wrestle, wrestle with, zeal, zest