Definitions of battle

1. To contend in fight; to struggle.

2. A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.

3. A division of an army; a battalion.

4. The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia.

5. To assail in battle; to fight.

6. To contend in a fight; to struggle; as, to battle against difficulties.

7. To join or contend in fight.

8. To contend in fight.

9. an open clash between two opposing groups ( or individuals); " the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"-- Thomas Paine; " police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti- abortion mobs"

10. To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.

11. A fight or encounter between opposing forces; a struggle for mastery.

12. A contest between opposing armies: a fight or encounter.

13. The body of an army.

14. A fight; combat.

15. To fight; to contend.

16. Arms, or an armed force.

17. A fight or an engagement between enemies or opposing armies.

18. A fight between enemies; an encounter between armies.

19. Fertile. See Battel, a.