1. to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
2. to use a grapple.
3. to seize another, or each other, in a firm grip, as in wrestling; clinch.
4. to engage in a struggle or close encounter (usually followed by with): He was grappling with a boy twice his size.
5. to try to overcome or deal (usually followed by with): to grapple with a problem.

6. to seize, hold, or fasten with or as with a grapple.
7. to seize in a grip, take hold of: The thug grappled him around the neck.

8. a hook or an iron instrument by which one thing, as a ship, fastens onto another; grapnel.
9. a seizing or gripping.
10. a grip or close hold in wrestling or hand-to-hand fighting.
11. a close, hand-to-hand fight.

1. to come to grips with (one or more persons), esp to struggle in hand-to-hand combat
2. to cope or contend
3. to secure with a grapple

4. any form of hook or metal instrument by which something is secured, such as a grapnel
• the act of gripping or seizing, as in wrestling
• a grip or hold
6. a contest of grappling, esp a wrestling match

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