strugglev. i.[OE. strogelen; cf. Icel. strjka 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.)()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.)()