Struggle \Strug"gle\, n.

1. A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress.

2. Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil. --Macaulay.

3. Contest; contention; strife.

An honest might look upon the struggle with indifference. --Addison.

Syn: Endeavor; effort; contest; labor; difficulty.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Struggle \Strug"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Struggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Struggling.]

[OE. strogelen; cf. Icel. strj?ka to stroke, to beat, to flog, Sw. stryka to stroke, to strike, Dan. stryge, G. straucheln to stumble. Cf. Stroll.]

1. To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

2. To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle with the waves; to struggle with adversity.

The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it [Gettysburg] far above our power to add or detract. --Lincoln.

3. To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress.

'T is wisdom to beware, And better shun the bait than struggle in the snare. --Dryden.

Syn: To strive; contend; labor; endeavor.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)