1. to contend in battle or physical combat especially to strive to overcome a person by blows or weapons
The soldiers fought bravely.
2. to engage in boxing
He will fight for the heavyweight title next month.
3. to put forth a determined effort
They were fighting to stay awake.
4. to contend against in or as if in battle or physical combat
fought the invaders of his homeland was fighting a forest fire
5. to box against in the ring
fought several strong contenders
6. to attempt to prevent the success or effectiveness of
the company fought the takeover attempt
7. to oppose the passage or development of
fight a bill in Congress
8. wage, carry on
fight a battle
9. to take part in (a boxing match or similar contest)
10. to struggle to endure or surmount
fight a cold is fighting cancer
11. to gain by struggle
fights his way through
12. to resolve by struggle
fought out their differences in court
13. to manage (a ship) in a battle or storm
14. to cause to struggle or contend
15. to manage in an unnecessarily rough or awkward manner
16. to avoid facing or meeting
17. a hostile encounter battle, combat
18. a boxing match
19. a verbal disagreement argument
20. a struggle for a goal or an objective
a fight for justice
21. strength or disposition for fighting pugnacity
still full of fight
22. to use weapons or physical force to try to hurt someone, to defeat an enemy, etc. to struggle in battle or physical combat
23. to be involved in (a battle, struggle, etc.)
24. to argue in an angry way
25. a violent physical struggle between opponents
26. an argument or quarrel
27. to struggle in battle or in physical combat
28. to argue angrily quarrel
29. to try hard
She fought to stay awake.
30. to struggle against
fight discrimination
31. a meeting in battle or in physical combat
32. quarrel entry 1 sense 1
33. strength or desire for fighting
After being wrongly blamed, I was full of fight.