verb Download 🔗Share To seize something and hold it firmly. Examples : "The climber was grappling with the rock face, trying to find a secure hold. " action body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To wrestle or tussle. Examples : "The two students were grappling on the playground, trying to take each other's hat. " sport action body human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem. Examples : "She spent the entire evening grappling with the difficult math problem, trying every possible solution. " mind philosophy attitude action process ability achievement Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To fasten, as with a grapple; (by extension) to fix; to join indissolubly. Examples : "The construction crew was grappling the steel beams together to build the bridge. " action technical process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To climb (whether by means of a grapple and rope, or by hand, etc). Examples : "The firefighter was grappling up the fire escape to reach the trapped family. " action sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To use a grapple (for example to attempt to find, hook, and raise a net or cable). Examples : "The fisherman was grappling in the deep water, hoping to retrieve his lost net. " nautical sailing technology action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To hook and raise with a grapple. Examples : "The fisherman was grappling a sunken tire from the lake with a large hook. " nautical military sailing weapon action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (gerund of grapple) An act in which something is grappled or grappled with. Examples : "The grappling with the difficult math problem took up most of the student's afternoon. " action sport military war police Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A grappling hook or grappling iron. Examples : "The climber used a grappling hook to get to the high platform. " weapon military nautical item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A small anchor; a grapnel. Examples : "The fisherman used a grappling to retrieve his hat that had blown off the boat and into the shallow water. " nautical sailing military Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
