| VERB | social | grapple, cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, deal, manage | come to terms with |
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| contact | grapple, grip | to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match | |
| NOUN | artifact | grapple, grapnel, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron | a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding |
| artifact | grapple, clamshell | a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam | |
| act | grapple, wrestle, wrestling, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle | the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat |
| Sounds | grae'pahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | A tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope. | |
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| Synonyms | grapnel, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron | |
| Parts | hook, claw | A mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something |
| Narrower | crampon, crampoon | A hinged pair of curved iron bars |
| Broader | tool | An implement used in the practice of a vocation |
| Spanish | arpeo, garabato, garfio | |
| Meaning | A dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam. | |
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| Synonym | clamshell | |
| Broader | dredging bucket | A bucket for lifting material from a channel or riverbed |
| Spanish | excavadora de almeja | |
| Meaning | The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat. | |
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| Synonyms | wrestle, wrestling, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle | |
| Broader | struggle | strenuous effort |
| Spanish | acareamiento, careo, confrontación, lucha libre, lucha | |
| Catalan | acarament, confrontació, lluita lliure, lluita | |
| Verbs | grapple | to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match |
| Meaning | Come to terms with. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, deal, manage | |
| Narrower | fend | try to manage without help |
| hack, cut | Be able to manage or manage successfully | |
| improvise, extemporize | manage in a makeshift way | |
| scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by, rub along | manage one's existence barely | |
| Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
| Spanish | abordar, arreglárselas, conformarse, contender, encarar, grapar, industriarse, ingeniarse, soportar, tramitar, tratar | |
| Catalan | abordar, encarar, enfrontar-se, fer front a, plantar cara a, resistir, sortir-se'n, suportar, tramitar | |
| Meaning | To grip or seize, as in a wrestling match. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "the two men grappled with each other for several minutes" | |
| Synonym | grip | |
| Broader | seize, prehend, clutch | take hold of |
| Spanish | aferrar, agarrar firmemente, agarrar firmente, asir | |
| Nouns | grapple, grappling | the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat |
| grappler | combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground | |
| grappling | the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down | |
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