Fight Definition
fīt
fighting, fights, fought
verb
fighting, fights, fought
To attempt to harm or gain power over an adversary by blows or with weapons.
American Heritage
To box, esp. professionally.
Webster's New World
To engage in a boxing match.
American Heritage
To oppose physically or in battle, as with fists, weapons, etc.
Webster's New World
To argue or quarrel; dispute.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- toil on
- put-up-a-fight
- fight one's way
- spare no effort
- take pains
- hammer away
- travail
- labor
- lobby for
- exert oneself
- work
- persist
- persevere
- strive
- carry on
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noun
fights
A confrontation between opposing groups in which each attempts to harm or gain power over the other, as with bodily force or weapons.
American Heritage
A physical conflict between two or more individuals.
American Heritage
A physical struggle; battle; combat.
Webster's New World
A boxing match.
American Heritage
Any struggle, contest, or quarrel.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
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idiom
fight fire with fire
- To combat one evil or one set of negative circumstances by reacting in kind.
American Heritage
fight shy of
- To avoid meeting or confronting.
American Heritage
fight it out
- to fight until one side is defeated
Webster's New World
fight off
- to repel an attack by
- to struggle to avoid
to fight off starvation
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Fight
Origin of Fight
Middle English fighten from Old English feohtan, fihtan
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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