Fight
Fight (fīt) , intransitive verb
[Old English fihten, fehten, Anglo-Saxon feohtan; akin to Dutch vechten, Old High German fehtan, German fechten, Swedish fakta, Danish fegte, and perh. to English fist; compare Latin pugnare to fight, pugnus fist.]
1.
To strive or contened for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; -- followed by with or against.
You do fight against your country's foes.
To fight with thee no man of arms will deign.
2.
To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance.
Collocations (1)
To fight shy , to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters; to keep out of reach.
Fight , transitive verb
1.
To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by struggle, as one's way; to sustain by fighting, as a cause.
He had to fight his way through the world.
I have fought a good fight.
2.
To contend with in battle; to war against; as, they fought the enemy in two pitched battles; the sloop fought the frigate for three hours.
3.
To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as, to fight cocks; to fight one's ship.
Collocations (1)
To fight it out , to fight until a decisive and conclusive result is reached.
Fight , noun
[Old English fight, feht, Anglo-Saxon feoht. See Fight, v. i.]
1.
A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a combat; a violent conflict or struggle for victory, between individuals or between armies, ships, or navies, etc.
Who now defies thee thrice to single fight.
2.
A struggle or contest of any kind.
3.
Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as, he has a great deal of fight in him. [Colloquial]
4.
A screen for the combatants in ships. [Obsolete]
Up with your fights, and your nettings prepare.
Collocations (1)
Running fight , a fight in which the enemy is continually chased; also, one which continues without definite end or result.