Struggle

Definition: Struggle

Struggle

Noun

1. An energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition".

2. An open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs".

3. Strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her".

Verb

1. Make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath".

2. To exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope".

3. Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling.

4. Be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other;" "Siblings are always fighting".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "struggle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Struggle \Strug"gle\, intransitive verb [imperfect & past participle. Struggled; Struggling.]. (Websters 1913)

Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Struggle

Contention

Verb: contend; contest, strive, struggle, scramble, wrestle; spar, square; exchange blows, exchange fisticuffs; fib, justle, tussle, tilt, box, stave, fence; skirmish; pickeer; fight; (war); wrangle; (quarrel).

Death struggle, struggle for life or death, life or death struggle, Armageddon.

Contestation; struggle; belligerency; opposition.

Difficulty

Meet with difficulties; labor under difficulties; get into difficulties; plunge into difficulties; struggle with difficulties; contend with difficulties; grapple with difficulties; labor under a disadvantage; be in difficulty; Adjective:

Get into a scrape; Noun: bring a hornet's nest about one's ears; be put to one's shifts; flounder, boggle, struggle; not know which way to turn; (uncertain); perdre son Latin; stick at, stick in the mud, stick fast; come to a stand, come to a standstill, come to a deadlock; hold the wolf by the ears, hold the tiger by the tail.

Essay

Noun: essay, trial, endeavor, attempt; aim, struggle, venture, adventure, speculation, coup d'essai, debut; probation; (experiment).

Exertion

Noun: exertion, effort, strain, tug, pull, stress, throw, stretch, struggle, spell, spurt, spirt; stroke of work, stitch of work.

Crosswords: Struggle

Joining her in this struggle, Oracle, once Batman's protégé, Batgirl, she was caught in the crossfire of the war between Batman and Joker. (Birds of Prey; writing credit: Adam Armus; Nora Kay Foster)

Man, you go through life, you try to be nice to people, you struggle to resist the urge to punch 'em in the face, and for what? (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

I admit I had a great struggle with me conscience. (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco)

It is good that warriors such as we meet in the struggle of life and death. (The Outlaw Josey Wales; writing credit: Forrest Carter; Sonia Chernus)

The struggle between good and evil goes on inside of everyone. (Babes in Toyland; writing credit: Glen MacDonough; Paul Zindel)

It's a struggle (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac)

Recognize the struggle live it like a thug do (Life Story; performing artist: Black Rob)

And the struggle (Disappear; performing artist: INXS)

No struggle no progress (Rhythm Nation; performing artist: Janet Jackson)

I struggle with myself again (What Would Happen; performing artist: Meredith Brooks)

1968: Our president's struggle with Fidel. 1998: Our president's struggle with fidelity. (references; author: unknown)

Life is an endless struggle, full of frustrations and challenges, but eventually you find a hair stylist you like. (references; author: unknown)

The Global Struggle for Food (1961)

Struggle for Survival (1948)

The Struggle (1931)

Reclaimed: The Struggle for a Soul Between Love and Hate (1919)

The Struggle Everlasting (1918)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Calendar: Humanity's Epic Struggle to Determine a True and Accurate Year (reference)

• Terry: My Daughter's Life-And-Death Struggle With Alcoholism (reference)

• The Debate on the Constitution : Federalist and Antifederalist Speeches, Articles and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification, Part Two: January to August 1788 (Library of America) (reference)

• Post abolished : one woman�s struggle for employment rights in Tanzania (reference)

• Post Abolished: One Woman's Struggle for Employment Rights in Tanzania (Cornell International Industrial and Labor Relations Report, No 19) (reference)

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Periodicals

• Struggle (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• 500 Nations, Vol. 7: Roads Across the Plains - Struggle for the West (reference)

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Music

• If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

[Medicina and Physica struggle with fate] / Io. Sadeler. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Squalus' bow comes to the surface as personnel based on USS Falcon (ASR-2) struggle to refloat the sunken submarine, off the New Hampshire coast during the Summer of 1939. This appears to be the 13 July 1939 lift, in which Squalus' bow rose uncontrollably to the surface and then sank. If that is the case, the salvage pontoons nearby would include both bow line pontoons, plus the two upper pontoons on the stern lifting line. The ship's hull number ("192") is painted on her bow. Credit: NAVY.

The fierce struggle of Alexander's cavalry, led by himself, at the ford of the Granicus] / A. Castaigne. Credit: Library of Congress.

The struggle goes on. Credit: Library of Congress.

Members of the North Vietnam Self Defence Forces in the Hoa-Rinh motor-car repairing shop of Hanoi welcome the victories in the struggle against the enemy. Credit: Library of Congress.

Survivors struggle to get away from the Titanic in this artist's conception / Willy S.(?). Credit: Library of Congress.

Death unless you surrender. Here is a leaflet giving Japan's ultimatum to the Filipino people. In reply, the Filipinos threw their entire resources and manpower into the struggle on the side of the United States. Credit: Library of Congress.

Grass trying to struggle through the drifting sand near Syracuse, Kansas. Credit: Library of Congress.

From Sharpeville to Soweto : without mass struggle there can be no revolution : without armed struggle there can be no victory!. Credit: Library of Congress.

In work and in struggle the future of women is one with that of all people who seek liberation. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

This is a poor man's freedom; the more he is beaten, the more he implores, and he prostrates himself as he goes down in the struggle, so that he may come back a little with his teeth. (Second Treatise of Government)

But every class struggle is a political struggle. (reference)

Now, at this sad and breathless moment, we are plunged in the hunger and distress which are the aftermath of our stupendous struggle; but this will pass and may pass quickly, and there is no reason except human folly or sub-human crime which should deny to all the nations the inauguration and enjoyment of an age of plenty. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Now the trumpet summons us again--not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need--not as a call to battle, though embattled we are --but as a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation"--a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself. (reference)

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1955)

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A sudden seizure of a different nature from any thing foreboded by her general state, had carried her off after a short struggle.

I shall never forget that wild breathless struggle! But it was soon over.

Meanwhile, nevertheless, it was sad to think of the perchance mortal agony through which he must struggle towards his triumph.

Never had the two ideas that governed the unfortunate man whose sufferings we are relating, engaged in so serious a struggle.

When their faces had flushed with the struggle they drew apart, panting.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Some children struggle with how much of their parents' time is spent with their sick brother or sister. (references)

The BPD infant's struggle to breathe is reflected in an abnormal posture of its neck, shoulders, and trunk. (references)

Therefore a speech evaluation is recommended for children who stutter for longer than six months or for those whose stuttering is accompanied by struggle behaviors. (references)

Business

New market entrants will struggle against the advantages of strong, already established players. (references)

Now faced with sharply reduced government subsidies, outdated technology and an under-employed work force, defense firms in Poland struggle to survive. (references)

Civil Liberties

Iran

It remained a central issue in the struggle between hardliners and political reformers. (references)

Ukraine

The press has speculated that he may have been targeted for his coverage of a power struggle in the Luhansk city council. (references)

Russia

The struggle between Media-Most (owned by Vladimir Gunsinskiy) and Gazprom over control of NTV and other Media-Most properties continued during the year. (references)

Economic History

China

Western China continues to struggle to attract significant amounts of FDI. (references)

United Kingdom

However, armed struggle for independence continued sporadically into the 20th century. (references)

Burma

Now the rich have become "filthy rich" while the poor and middle class struggle along. (references)

Human Rights

Paraguay

The long trial period highlights the judiciary's struggle with insufficient resources. (references)

Colombia

A similarly fierce struggle for control continued in Norte de Santander, Cauca, and Valle del Cauca departments. (references)

Guatemala

The police claimed that Colindres hanged himself, but the forensic report found injuries consistent with a struggle. (references)

Indigenous People

Malaysia

The NGO claims that indigenous people struggle to prove their land rights and depend on NGO's to assist them with mapping. (references)

Sweden

The Sami continued a protracted struggle for recognition as an indigenous people; historically, the Government has resisted granting the Sami such rights. (references)

Japan

The Ainu continue to face societal discrimination while engaging in an uphill struggle against complete assimilation, although Ainu-language newspapers, radio programs, and academic programs studying Ainu culture have increased since 1997. In March the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) noted that the country "has not taken sufficient steps to address the issue of discriminatory treatment of Koreans and Ainu living in" the country. (references)

Minorities

Cote d'Ivoire

All the churches reopened during the year, although the leadership struggle continues. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

The Celestial Christians are divided because of a leadership struggle, as are the Harrists, who have fought on occasion. (references)

Japan

In recent years, the Buraku Liberation League has placed less emphasis on class struggle and more emphasis on civil rights, social welfare, and the environment. (references)

Political Economy

Japan

But we realize that the Prime Minister faces an uphill struggle against entrenched interests and intractable economic issues. (references)

INDONESIA

More than four years after the Asian financial crisis, Indonesia continues to struggle with the wreckage of its 1998 economic collapse. (references)

Iran

In many cases, this struggle was played out within the Government itself, with reformists and hard-liners squaring off in divisive internal debates. (references)

Political Rights

Moldova

In September 2000, after a protracted political struggle, Parliament passed implementing legislation. (references)

Afghanistan

The continuing struggle for political power among the major armed groups prevented citizens from changing their government or choosing their leaders peacefully. (references)

Saint Lucia

The SLP capitalized on the failure of the opposition forces to unite in a national coalition due to a leadership struggle between Odlum, and Sir John Compton, founder of the UWP and a former Prime Minister. (references)

Trade

China

Anti-Competitive Practices: China continues to struggle with economic inefficiencies and investment disincentives created by local protectionism, predatory pricing, preservation of industry-wide monopolies, and monopolistic practices designed to protect the state-owned sector. (references)

Women

Eritrea

The U.N. Population Fund, through the Ministry of Health, sponsors reproductive health projects that provide training and awareness programs that focus on the negative physical and psychological impacts of FGM. The Government consistently has advocated improving the status of women, many of whom played a significant role as fighters in the struggle for independence. (references)

Worker Rights

China

Some accept their fate and join the new community; others struggle and are punished. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "struggle": class struggle ♦ death struggle ♦ life and death struggle ♦ life or death struggle ♦ political struggle ♦ power struggle ♦ religious struggle ♦ struggle along ♦ struggle away ♦ struggle for liberty ♦ struggle for life or death ♦ struggle for peace ♦ struggle for survival ♦ struggle for unity ♦ struggle in ♦ struggle into ♦ struggle on ♦ struggle through ♦ struggle with ♦ struggle with death ♦ years of struggle. Additional references.

Beginning with "struggle": struggle-black.

Ending with "struggle": classes-in-struggle, class-struggle, power-struggle.

Afrikaans

veg (fight, strive), geveg (action, battle, fight, scuffle). (various references)

Albanian

luftoj (combat, contend, correct, debate, dispute, fight, militate, oppugn, ramp, stand up for, strive, thrash about, war, wrestle), luftë (battle, conflict, contention, contest, shooting war, war), lufta (action, battle, fight, scuffle). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كفاح (combating, contention, fight, strife), ‏كافح (battle, combat, contend, contend against, control, fight, hustle, militate, strike, strive, wrestle), ‏مناجزة (combat, fighting, strife), ‏نزاع (contention, contest, controversy, difference, disagreement, discord, discordance, disputation, dispute, division, duel, embroilment, fray, odds, quarrel, question, row, spar, squall, strife, tangle, variance, wont), ‏نضال (contention, contest, fight, fighting, strife, warfare), ‏ناضل (agonize, buffet, combat, contend, contest, fight, heave, militate, ply, pursue, push, strive, tug, worry, wrestle), ‏قاوم (combat, counter, fight, hold, hold one's own, hold out, oppose, protest against, resist, set one's face against, stand, withstand), ‏تقدم بصعوبة (slog, wade), ‏صارع (fool smb. out of smth., grapple, scrabble about, war, wrestle), ‏صراع (combat, conflict, contest, fight, hassle, strife, tussle, warfare, wrestling), ‏الكفاح (aggressiveness), ‏النضال, ‏شق طريقه بجهد. (various references)

Bulgarian 

усилие (ado, effort, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, intension, push, stab, stress, trouble), напрягам се (bestir, overstrain oneself, travail), боря се (antagonize, contend, fight, grapple, militate, reluct, scramble, tussle, wrestle), борба (battle, combat, conflict, contest, ding-dong, fight, fighting, grapple, strife, striving, war, warfare, wrestle, wrestling), преборвам се. (various references)

Catalan

batalla (action, battle, fight, scuffle). (various references)

Chinese 

鬥爭 (battle, fight), 爭 (fight), 掙扎 , 掙 (to earn, to make, tree knot), 扎 (penetrating, to bind, to prick, to run or stickinto, to tie), 奮鬥 (strive), 奋斗 (Struggled, struggling). (various references)

Czech

zápasit (agonize, contend, fight, grapple, wrestle), zápas (agony, battle, bout, contest, encounter, fight, game, match, tussle, wrestle, wrestling), usilovat (endeavor, endeavour, press, pursue, strive), prosazovat se (gain grain), probíjet se, bojovat (campaign for smth., contest, fight, war), boj (action, combat, engagement, fight). (various references)

Danish

slag (action, battle, blow, fight, scuffle), kamp (action, battle, fight, scuffle), kæmpe (fight, strive). (various references)

Dutch

zich aftobben (flounder, writhe), worstelen (flounder, wrestle, writhe), spartelen (flounder, writhe). (various references)

Esperanto

lukti (wrestle), batalo (battle, scuffle), batali (fight), barakti (flounder, writhe). (various references)

Faeroese

sprakla (flounder, writhe), berjast (be at loggerheads, fight, strive, tussle), bardagi (action, battle, fight, scuffle). (various references)

Farsi 

منازعه (Debate, Disputation, Plea, Tilt), کوشش کردن (Assay, Attempt, Bend, Labor, Peg, Strive, Try), کشمکش (Bout, Conflict, Scrimmage, Scuffle, Skirmish, Toil, Tussle, Wrestle), کشاکش (Conflict, Strife), تنازع , تقلاکردن (Agonize, Attempt, Heave, Labor, Scramble, Slog, Tug, Wrestle), ستیز (Battle, Combat, Toil, Warfare), دست وپاکردن . (various references)

Finnish

rimpuilla (flounder, tug and pull, wriggle, writhe). (various references)

French

lutter (strike, strive), se démener (strive for, take steps), se débattre, combattre (strive), combat. (various references)

Frisian

striid (action, battle, fight, scuffle), fjochtsjen (action, battle, fight, scuffle), fjochtsje (fight, strive). (various references)

German

ringen (contort, fight, grapple, grappling, twist, war, wrestle, wrestling, wring), Kampf (action, battle, bout, campaign, combat, contest, encounter, engagement, fight, fighting, fray, match, scuffle, tussle), kämpfen (attack, battle, brawl, campaign, combat, contend, fight, fray, grapple, push, skirmish, strive, to battle, to brawl, to combat, to fight, to tussle, tussle). (various references)

Greek 

αγωνίζομαι (contend, contend with, contest, scramble for, strive, tourney). (various references)

Hawaiian

lufta (action, battle, fight, scuffle). (various references)

Hebrew 

מאמץ (effort, endeavour, exertion, strain, stress), מאבק (conflict, contest, fight, hassle, tilt, tussle), לפרפר (crumb, flutter, fly, hover, jerk, palpitate, quiver, twitch), ל�"תלבט (have doubts, puzzle), ל�"תאמץ (be at pains, endeavor, endeavour, exert oneself, strain, strive, take trouble, tug), ל�"תחבט, ל�"ת� �'ח (fight each other), ל�"ת� צח (argue, debate, dispute, polemize, spar, wrangle, wrestle), ל�"אבק (fight, strive, wrestle), �"תמו�"�"ות (contest, tussle, wrestling), �"תחבטות (effort, exertion). (various references)

Hungarian

küzdelem (bout, combat, contention, contest, fight, fray, pull, scramble, strife, striving, tussle), harc (action, battle, combat, contention, contest, engagement, fight, fray, set-to, strife, striving, war), igyekezet (care, diligence, endeavor, endeavoring, endeavour, haste, industry, pains, push, sedulity, sedulousness, striving), harcol (battle, contest, diehard, fight, fought, militate, strive, to battle, to contend, to contest, to dispute, to fight, to fray, to struggle). (various references)

Icelandic

slagsmál (action, battle, fight, scuffle), slást (fight, strive). (various references)

Indonesian

pembentrokan (contention), menggelitar, gumul (wrestle), gelitar, berlaga. (various references)

Italian

battaglia (action, battle, fight, scuffle). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

闘い (battle, conflict, fight), 争闘 (strife), 争奪戦 (argument, competition, contest), 争奪 (contest), 揉み合い (jostle), 戦い (battle, conflict, fight), し損ずる (carefully, deliberately, firmly, fixedly, oozily, patiently, quietly, to blunder, to fail, to make a mistake, wriggle), 取り合い (scramble). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たたかい (battle, conflict, fight), そうとう (cleaning up, complete annihilation, double-headed, fair, generalissimo, hitting upon, mopping up, president, proper, strife, suitable, sweeping or mopping up, sweeping up, thinking of, tolerable), そう� つせ�" (argument, competition, contest), そう� つ (contest), もみあい (jostle), じたばた (wriggle), とりあい (scramble). (various references)

Korean 

투쟁 (Conflicting, strife). (various references)

Manx

strepey (exert, exertion, flounder, grapple, strive, tug, tussle, wallow), spret (kick, kick out, last stretch, shove, start), kestal (spin, struggling, turn, turn as rope, twisting, wrestle; spinning, wrestling), doccar (arduousness, difficult, labour). (various references)

Norwegian

slagsmål (action, battle, brawl, fight, scuffle), slåss (fight, strive). (various references)

Papiamen

peleya (action, battle, fight, scuffle), pelea (action, battle, fight, scuffle), lucha (wrestle), bringamentu (action, battle, fight, scuffle), bringa (fight, strive), bataya (action, battle, fight, scuffle). (various references)

Pig Latin

ugglestray

Polish

walczyć. (various references)

Portuguese

luta (action, assault, brush, campaign, combat, conflict, contest, encounter, fight, fighting, fray, grapple, scuffle, set-to, strife, tussle, war, wrestling), pelejar (fight, war), lutar (battle, buffet, combat, conflict, contend, contest, fight, grapple, lute, militate, scrap, scrimmage, scuffle, strike, strive, tug, vie, wrestle). (various references)

Romanian

strãduinţã (application, exertion, striving, trouble, urgency), strãdanie (effort, endeavor, endeavour, labor, labour, painstaking, push, striving), se zbate (flounce, flounder), se lupta (combat, contend, exchange blows, fight, grapple, scramble), zvârcoli (fret, writhe), zbuciuma (fret), zbucium (agitation, anxiety, coil, fidget, struggling, trouble, uneasiness, worriment), zbate (worry), luptå (action, battle, fight, scuffle), luptã (action, affair, battle, combat, contest, efforts, encounter, engagement, fight, fighting, match, mix up, quarrel, Stour, strife, striving, war, warfare), lupta (contend, strive), effort (drive, effort, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, force, labor, labour, pain, pluck, push, strain, stretch, tug), conflict (clash, collision, conflict, dispute, encounter, fray, friction, jar, quarrel, strife, war), învãlmãşealã (bustle, confusion, crowd, hubbub, scrimmage, scuffle, scurry, squash, stampede, stir, throng, turmoil). (various references)

Russian 

борьба (action, battle, contestation, fight, fighting, fray, scuffle, strife, tussle, wrestle, wrestling), бороться (antagonize, conflict, contend, cope, fight, grapple, militate, oppugn, strive, struggled, struggles, struggling, tussle, wrestle). (various references)

Scottish

sp� irn (an effort, effort, violent exertion), gleac (a wrestle, fight, strife, strive, wrestle, wrestling), cath (action, battle, fight, fighting, scuffle). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

voditi borbu, boriti se (combat, fight, wrestle), borba (action, battle, combat, conflict, contest, fight, fighting, wrestle). (various references)

Spanish

batalla (action, battle, fight, fighting, scuffle), forcejeo (flounder, tussle). (various references)

Sranan

streyfeti (fight, strive), feti (action, battle, fight, scuffle). (various references)

Swedish

strida (argue, conflict, contend, contest, fight, jar, strive, tussle, vie), kamp (action, battle, combat, contest, fight, jade, scuffle, tussle, war, wrestle), kämpa (combat, contest, cope, fight, plod, strive, tussle, wrestle), streta (strive). (various references)

Turkish

savaşmak (battle, battle against, battle for, campaign, conflict, contend, fight, fight a battle, make war, strive against, strive with, wage war against, wage war on smb., war), savaş (battle, campaign, combat, conflict, crusade, fight, fighting, fray, war, warfare, wartime), gayret (Ardor, ardour, assiduity, conation, effort, endeavor, endeavour, energy, enthusiasm, exertion, fervency, fervor, fervour, go, hastiness, industry, intentness, keenness, nerve, pep, push, sedulity, slog, snap, spurt, strenuousness, studiousness, tug, vim, zeal, zip), çırpınmak (flop, flutter, fuss about), çaba (diligence, effort, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, industry, nerve, push, strenuousness, try, working, zip), çabalama (conation, effort, scramble), çabalamak (endeavor, endeavour, exert oneself, go after, go for, hump oneself, scramble, strain, strain at, strive, study, tug, work), çalışmak (aim, aim at, behave, catch, endeavor, endeavour, fire, function, labor, labour, operate, practice, practise, serve, start, start up, study, try, work), boğuşma (buffet, romp, scuffle, wrestle), boğuşmak (be at each other's throat, buffet, grapple, romp, scuffle, wrestle), çırpınma (clonus, convulsion, convulsive, flutter, spasm), debelenmek (flounder, writhe), zahmet (bother, exertion, grueling, gruelling, inconvenience, onerousness, pain, pains, painstaking, punishment, toil, travail, trouble), mücâdele (battle, campaign, combat, contest, fight, fighting, fray, hassle, race, scramble, tug, tug of war, tussle, war, warfare, wrestle, wrestling), mücâdele etmek (agonize, battle, be at war with, be up against, buffet, combat, compete, crusade, fight, fight a battle, strive, tussle, war, wrestle), muharebe (action, battle, fight, scuffle), uğraş (avocation, employment, endeavor, endeavour, engagement, exertion, occupation, profession, resource, toil, tug, wrestle), uğraşma (effort, fight, hassle, tussle, war), uğraşmak (agonize, attack, be at war with, be occupied in doing, be occupied with doing, come at, contend, cope, deal, endeavor, endeavour, engage in, exert oneself, fight, get at, go in for, grapple, groove, haze, labor, labour, make an effort, mess around with, mess with, moil, monkey around with, monkey with, pick on, push, seek, set to, strive, strive against, tackle, toil, try hard, tug, tussle, work away, work hard, wrestle), boğuxmak (action, battle, fight, scuffle). (various references)

Turkmen 

uruюmak (fight, wage war). (various references)

Ukrainian

робити зусилля (make shift), зусилля (effort, energies, exertion, fetch, nisus, pains, push, stress, strife, tug), боротьба (battle, campaign, combat, debate, effort, fight, fighting, grapple, strife, tussle, war, warfare, wrestle, wrestling), боротися (antagonize, battle, buffet, champion, combat, contend, debate, fight, grapple, militate, oppugn, strive, take on, tussle, wrestle), битися (battle, bustle, combat, fight, pulse, scuffle, skirmish, spar, wrestle). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự đấu tranh (fight, fought), cuộc chiến đấu (bout), cuộc đấu tranh (contest, fighting). (various references)

Welsh

ymrwyfo (toss about), ymlafnio (strive, toil), gwingo (fidget, kick, wriggle, writhe). (various references)