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Word: grapple
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Meaning:
Noun:
- a close hand-to-hand struggle
- nautical a device consisting of iron claws, attached to the end of a rope, used for grasping and holding an enemy ship prior to boarding; a grapnel or grappling iron
- uncountable the act of grappling
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Verb:
- intransitive to use a grapple
- intransitive to wrestle or tussle
- transitive figurative to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; normally used with "with".
- transitive to seize something and hold it firmly
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