strug·gle (str g  l)v. strug·gled, strug·gling, strug·gles v.intr. 1. To exert muscular energy, as against a material force or mass: struggled with the heavy load. 2. To be strenuously engaged with a problem, task, or undertaking: struggled with his math homework. 3. To make a strenuous effort; strive: struggled to be polite. 4. To contend or compete: "Right and wrong ... will ever continue to struggle" (Abraham Lincoln). 5. To progress with difficulty: struggled through the novel. v.tr. To move or place (something) with an effort: struggled the heavy desk into the elevator. n. 1. The act of struggling. 2. Strenuous effort; striving. 3. Combat; strife: armed struggle. [Middle English struglen.] strug gler n.strug gling·ly adv. |
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