| fight | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc. | |
| A wounded animal will fight like a maniac, relentless, savage and murderous. | |
| 2. v. (reciprocal) To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle etc. | |
| The two boxers have been fighting for more than half an hour. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) To strive for; to campaign or contend for success. | |
| He fought for the Democrats in the last election. | |
| 4. v. To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.). | |
| The battle was fought just over that hill. | |
| 5. v. To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with. | |
| My grandfather fought the Nazis in World War II. | |
| 6. v. To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract. | |
| The government pledged to fight corruption. | |
| 7. v. (transitive, archaic) To cause to fight; to manage or manoeuvre in a fight. | |
| to fight cocks; to fight one's ship | |
| 8. n. An occasion of fighting. | |
| One of them got stuck in a chokehold and got stabbed to death during the fight. | |
| 9. n. (archaic) A battle between opposing armies. | |
| 10. n. A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups. | |
| Watch your language, are you looking for a fight? | |
| 11. n. (sports) A boxing or martial arts match. | |
| I'm going to Nick’s to watch the big fight tomorrow night. | |
| 12. n. A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife. | |
| I'll put up a fight to save this company. | |
| 13. n. The will or ability to fight. | |
| That little guy has a bit of fight in him after all. As soon as he saw the size of his opponent, all the fight went out of him. | |
| 14. n. (obsolete) A screen for the combatants in ships. | |
