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Meanings of grapple in anglès

portuguès
luta
català
lluita lliure
espanyol
confrontación

The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat.

lluita lliure
espanyol
excavadora de almeja

A dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam.

excavadora de almeja
Sinònims
Examples for "clamshell"
Examples for "clamshell"
1
Samsung last month announced its own clamshell foldable, the Galaxy Z Flip.
News.com.au
2
It was just a piece of soapstone, shaped something like a clamshell.
The Eskimo Twins
3
There's a clamshell on the same shelf filled with odds and ends.
Fortunate harbor
4
Gavin threw green wedges around himself like a clamshell and braced himself.
The black prism
5
This issue was probably a result of cheap plastic or shoddy clamshell design.
Wired
portuguès
agarrar
espanyol
asir

To grip or seize, as in a wrestling match.

agarrar

A tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope.

Usage of grapple in anglès
1
Still, the new government will have to grapple with tough economic problems.
Reuters
2
Unclear things glide and grapple rocks, pulling their way through the water.
The Scar
3
Grant and Lee were locked in their death grapple in the Wilderness.
The Victim: A Romance of the Real Jefferson Davis
4
The crafty antagonists grapple in every cunning of the art of war.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
5
And now people grapple with them in a different way, maybe online.
The Guardian
6
I'll bring her in alongside a free nipple and we'll grapple in.
The truth of valor
7
That lesson appears one that New Zealand still has to grapple with.
Radio NZ
8
When you don't know how to grapple you don't stand a chance.
The Guardian
9
I will grapple with Fate; it shall not quite bear me down.
Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words
10
But rather we would wish you wasn't to insist to a grapple.
A singular man
11
He now proceeds to grapple with the real difficulty of the question.
The Fallen Star, or, the History of a False Religion by E.L. Bul...
12
Prospective investors will also have to grapple with factors beyond their control.
Reuters
13
Analysts grapple with uncertainty over how the Vision Fund values its portfolio.
Reuters
14
Families had to grapple with choosing between bath time or the boardroom.
BBC
15
Many grapple with unpaid bills, overdue home loans, school and tuition fees.
Reuters
16
Perhaps he was looking for the hard grip of the next grapple.
The Freebooters of the Wilderness
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Grapple through the time
Grapple across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
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