Grapple

Definition:

• (v. t.) To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.
• (v. t.) To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly.
• (v. i.) To use a grapple; to contend in close fight; to attach one's self as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; to close; to seize one another.
• (v. t.) A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold.
• (v. t.) An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab.
• (v. t.) A grappling iron.

Compare grapple with other words:

grapple vs. gripple

crapple vs. grapple

grapple vs. grappled

catch vs. grapple

grapple vs. implement

deal vs. grapple

grabble vs. grapple

grapple vs. struggle

grapple vs. grappling

grapnel vs. grapple

boarding vs. grapple

enemy vs. grapple

grapple vs. ship

grapple vs. holding

grapple vs. grasping

grapple vs. rope

claw vs. grapple

grapple vs. iron

device vs. grapple

grapple vs. tussle

grapple vs. wrestle

firmly vs. grapple

grapple vs. hold

grapple vs. seize

grape vs. grapple