Category: w

W

wrestle

Wrestle

– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat (context:act)
  • (verb)
    1. engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate (context:communication)
    2. combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force (context:competition)
    3. engage in a wrestling match (context:contact)
    4. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) (context:motion)

– Sample : “wrestle”

  • He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority
  • I wrestled with this decision for years
  • The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt’s embrace
  • The children wrestled in the garden
  • The prisoner writhed in discomfort
  • they had a fierce wrestle
  • we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully
wrestle

writer’s block

Writer’s block

– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. an inability to write (context:cognition)

– Sample : “writer’s block”

  • he had writer’s block; the words wouldn’t come
writer’s block

written text

Written text

– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation (context:communication)

written text

wrath

Wrath

– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) (context:act)
    2. intense anger (usually on an epic scale) (context:feeling)

wrath

wrick

Wrick

– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (rick’ and wrick’ are British) (context:state)
  • (verb)
    1. twist suddenly so as to sprain (context:body)

– Sample : “wrick”

  • I turned my ankle and couldn’t walk for several days
  • The wrestler twisted his shoulder
  • the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell
  • wrench one’s ankle
wrick

writ of execution

Writ of execution

– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out (context:communication)

writ of execution

writing desk

Writing desk

– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. a desk for writing (usually with a sloping top) (context:artifact)
    2. a portable case containing writing materials and having a writing surface (context:artifact)

writing desk