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fighting
(mass) | fighting
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fighting
(encz) | fighting,bojování v: |
Fighting
(gcide) | Fight \Fight\ (f[imac]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fought
(f[add]t); p. pr. & vb. n. Fighting.] [OE. fihten, fehten,
AS. feohtan; akin to D. vechten, OHG. fehtan, G. fechten, Sw.
f[aum]kta, Dan. fegte, and perh. to E. fist; cf. L. pugnare
to fight, pugnus fist.]
1. To strive or contened for victory, with armies or in
single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an
enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; --
followed by with or against.
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You do fight against your country's foes. --Shak.
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To fight with thee no man of arms will deign.
--Milton.
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2. To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to
contend; to strive; to make resistance.
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To fight shy, to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters;
to keep out of reach.
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Fighting
(gcide) | Fighting \Fight"ing\, a.
1. Qualified for war; fit for battle.
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An host of fighting men. --2 Chron.
xxvi. 11.
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2. Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a
fighting field. --Pope.
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A fighting chance, one dependent upon the issue of a
struggle. [Colloq.]
Fighting crab (Zool.), the fiddler crab.
Fighting fish (Zool.), a remarkably pugnacious East Indian
fish (Betta pugnax), reared by the Siamese for
spectacular fish fights.
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fighting
(wn) | fighting
adj 1: engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; "on
active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the
fighting forces" [syn: active, combat-ready,
fighting(a)]
n 1: the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight
broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the
streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
[syn: fight, fighting, combat, scrap] |
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a fighting chance
(encz) | a fighting chance,férová šance Zdeněk Brož |
bullfighting
(encz) | bullfighting,býčí zápasy Zdeněk Brožbullfighting,zápasení s býky Zdeněk Brož |
cockfighting
(encz) | cockfighting,kohoutí zápasy Zdeněk Brož |
fighting chair
(encz) | fighting chair, n: |
fighting cock
(encz) | fighting cock, n: |
fighting hole
(encz) | fighting hole,zákop n: [voj.] [amer.] u mariňáků web |
fighting pit
(encz) | fighting pit,zákop n: [voj.] [aus.] web |
fire-fighting
(encz) | fire-fighting,protipožární adj: Zdeněk Brož |
firefighting
(encz) | firefighting,protipožární adj: Zdeněk Brož |
in-fighting
(encz) | in-fighting, n: |
infighting
(encz) | infighting,boj z blízka n: Zdeněk Brož |
A fighting chance
(gcide) | Fighting \Fight"ing\, a.
1. Qualified for war; fit for battle.
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An host of fighting men. --2 Chron.
xxvi. 11.
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2. Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a
fighting field. --Pope.
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A fighting chance, one dependent upon the issue of a
struggle. [Colloq.]
Fighting crab (Zool.), the fiddler crab.
Fighting fish (Zool.), a remarkably pugnacious East Indian
fish (Betta pugnax), reared by the Siamese for
spectacular fish fights.
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bullfighting
(gcide) | bullfighting \bullfighting\ n.
the activity at a bullfight.
[WordNet 1.5]Bullfight \Bull"fight`\, Bullfighting \Bull"fight`ing\, n.
a sport of great antiquity, in which men torment, and fight
with, a bull or bulls in an arena, for public amusement, --
still popular in Spain, Portugal and Latin American. In the
Spanish version a matador kills the bull with a sword after
the bull has been weakened by wounds from small barbed rods,
and after he has displayed courage and artistic skill in
causing the bull to charge many times while he stands still
or nearly still. In some versions the bull is not killed.
Occasionally the matador is wounded or killed by the bull. --
Bull"fight`er, n.
Syn: corrida.
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Bullfighting
(gcide) | bullfighting \bullfighting\ n.
the activity at a bullfight.
[WordNet 1.5]Bullfight \Bull"fight`\, Bullfighting \Bull"fight`ing\, n.
a sport of great antiquity, in which men torment, and fight
with, a bull or bulls in an arena, for public amusement, --
still popular in Spain, Portugal and Latin American. In the
Spanish version a matador kills the bull with a sword after
the bull has been weakened by wounds from small barbed rods,
and after he has displayed courage and artistic skill in
causing the bull to charge many times while he stands still
or nearly still. In some versions the bull is not killed.
Occasionally the matador is wounded or killed by the bull. --
Bull"fight`er, n.
Syn: corrida.
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Bushfighting
(gcide) | Bushfighting \Bush"fight`ing\, n.
Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or
thickets.
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Cockfighting
(gcide) | Cockfighting \Cock"fight`ing\, n.
The act or practice of pitting gamecocks to fight.
[1913 Webster]Cockfighting \Cock"fight`ing\, a.
Addicted to cockfighting.
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Fighting
(gcide) | Fight \Fight\ (f[imac]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fought
(f[add]t); p. pr. & vb. n. Fighting.] [OE. fihten, fehten,
AS. feohtan; akin to D. vechten, OHG. fehtan, G. fechten, Sw.
f[aum]kta, Dan. fegte, and perh. to E. fist; cf. L. pugnare
to fight, pugnus fist.]
1. To strive or contened for victory, with armies or in
single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an
enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; --
followed by with or against.
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You do fight against your country's foes. --Shak.
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To fight with thee no man of arms will deign.
--Milton.
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2. To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to
contend; to strive; to make resistance.
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To fight shy, to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters;
to keep out of reach.
[1913 Webster]Fighting \Fight"ing\, a.
1. Qualified for war; fit for battle.
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An host of fighting men. --2 Chron.
xxvi. 11.
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2. Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a
fighting field. --Pope.
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A fighting chance, one dependent upon the issue of a
struggle. [Colloq.]
Fighting crab (Zool.), the fiddler crab.
Fighting fish (Zool.), a remarkably pugnacious East Indian
fish (Betta pugnax), reared by the Siamese for
spectacular fish fights.
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fighting crab
(gcide) | Fiddler \Fid"dler\, n. [AS. fi[eth]elere.]
1. One who plays on a fiddle or violin.
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2. (Zool.) A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many
species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and
often holds it in a position similar to that in which a
musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also
fiddler crab, calling crab, soldier crab, and
fighting crab.
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3. (Zool.) The common European sandpiper ({Tringoides
hypoleucus}); -- so called because it continually
oscillates its body.
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Fiddler crab. (Zool.) See Fiddler, n., 2.
[1913 Webster]Fighting \Fight"ing\, a.
1. Qualified for war; fit for battle.
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An host of fighting men. --2 Chron.
xxvi. 11.
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2. Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a
fighting field. --Pope.
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A fighting chance, one dependent upon the issue of a
struggle. [Colloq.]
Fighting crab (Zool.), the fiddler crab.
Fighting fish (Zool.), a remarkably pugnacious East Indian
fish (Betta pugnax), reared by the Siamese for
spectacular fish fights.
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Fighting crab
(gcide) | Fiddler \Fid"dler\, n. [AS. fi[eth]elere.]
1. One who plays on a fiddle or violin.
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2. (Zool.) A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many
species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and
often holds it in a position similar to that in which a
musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also
fiddler crab, calling crab, soldier crab, and
fighting crab.
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3. (Zool.) The common European sandpiper ({Tringoides
hypoleucus}); -- so called because it continually
oscillates its body.
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Fiddler crab. (Zool.) See Fiddler, n., 2.
[1913 Webster]Fighting \Fight"ing\, a.
1. Qualified for war; fit for battle.
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An host of fighting men. --2 Chron.
xxvi. 11.
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2. Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a
fighting field. --Pope.
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A fighting chance, one dependent upon the issue of a
struggle. [Colloq.]
Fighting crab (Zool.), the fiddler crab.
Fighting fish (Zool.), a remarkably pugnacious East Indian
fish (Betta pugnax), reared by the Siamese for
spectacular fish fights.
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Fighting fish
(gcide) | Fighting \Fight"ing\, a.
1. Qualified for war; fit for battle.
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An host of fighting men. --2 Chron.
xxvi. 11.
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2. Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a
fighting field. --Pope.
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A fighting chance, one dependent upon the issue of a
struggle. [Colloq.]
Fighting crab (Zool.), the fiddler crab.
Fighting fish (Zool.), a remarkably pugnacious East Indian
fish (Betta pugnax), reared by the Siamese for
spectacular fish fights.
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Fightingly
(gcide) | Fightingly \Fight"ing*ly\, adv.
Pugnaciously.
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infighting
(gcide) | infighting \infighting\ n. [in- + fighting.]
1. contention among members of the same organization (usually
concealed from outsiders), sometimes of a bitter, intense,
or prolonged character.
Note: [Such infighting may lead to factionalism.] PJC]
2. fighting, such as boxing, at close quarters.
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3. rough-and-tumble, free-for-all fighting.
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Prize fighting
(gcide) | Prize \Prize\ (pr[imac]z), n. [F. prise a seizing, hold, grasp,
fr. pris, p. p. of prendre to take, L. prendere, prehendere;
in some senses, as 2
(b), either from, or influenced by, F. prix price. See
Prison, Prehensile, and cf. Pry, and also Price.]
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1. That which is taken from another; something captured; a
thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
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I will depart my pris, or my prey, by deliberation.
--Chaucer.
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His own prize,
Whom formerly he had in battle won. --Spenser.
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2. Hence, specifically;
(a) (Law) Anything captured by a belligerent using the
rights of war; esp., property captured at sea in
virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel. --Kent.
--Brande & C.
(b) An honor or reward striven for in a competitive
contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an
inducement to, or reward of, effort.
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I'll never wrestle for prize more. --Shak.
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I fought and conquered, yet have lost the prize.
--Dryden.
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(c) That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
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3. Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or
in prospect.
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I press toward the mark for the prize of the high
calling of God in Christ Jesus. --Phil. iii.
14.
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4. A contest for a reward; competition. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5. A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever. [Written also
prise.]
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Prize court, a court having jurisdiction of all captures
made in war on the high seas. --Bouvier.
Prize fight, an exhibition contest, esp. one of pugilists,
for a stake or wager.
Prize fighter, one who fights publicly for a reward; --
applied esp. to a professional boxer or pugilist. --Pope.
Prize fighting, fighting, especially boxing, in public for
a reward or wager.
Prize master, an officer put in charge or command of a
captured vessel.
Prize medal, a medal given as a prize.
Prize money, a dividend from the proceeds of a captured
vessel, etc., paid to the captors.
Prize ring, the ring or inclosure for a prize fight; the
system and practice of prize fighting.
To make prize of, to capture. --Hawthorne.
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Unfighting
(gcide) | Unfighting \Unfighting\
See fighting. |
bullfighting
(wn) | bullfighting
n 1: the activity at a bullfight [syn: bullfighting,
tauromachy] |
close-quarter fighting
(wn) | close-quarter fighting
n 1: hand-to-hand fighting at close quarters |
cockfighting
(wn) | cockfighting
n 1: participation in the sport of matching gamecocks in a
cockfight |
fighting chair
(wn) | fighting chair
n 1: a fixed chair from which a saltwater angler can fight a
hooked fish |
fighting cock
(wn) | fighting cock
n 1: a cock bred and trained for fighting [syn: gamecock,
fighting cock] |
fighting french
(wn) | Fighting French
n 1: a French movement during World War II that was organized in
London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of
France from German control and for the restoration of the
republic [syn: Free French, Fighting French] |
fighting joe hooker
(wn) | Fighting Joe Hooker
n 1: United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at
Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879) [syn:
Hooker, Joseph Hooker, Fighting Joe Hooker] |
in-fighting
(wn) | in-fighting
n 1: conflict between members of the same organization (usually
concealed from outsiders)
2: boxing at close quarters |
libyan fighting group
(wn) | Libyan Fighting Group
n 1: a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with
al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government;
attempted to assassinate Qaddafi [syn: {Libyan Islamic
Fighting Group}, FIG, {Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-
Muqatilah bi-Libya}, Libyan Fighting Group, {Libyan
Islamic Group}] |
libyan islamic fighting group
(wn) | Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
n 1: a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with
al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government;
attempted to assassinate Qaddafi [syn: {Libyan Islamic
Fighting Group}, FIG, {Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-
Muqatilah bi-Libya}, Libyan Fighting Group, {Libyan
Islamic Group}] |
firefighting
(foldoc) | firefighting
1. What sysadmins have to do to correct sudden operational
problems. An opposite of hacking. "Been hacking your new
newsreader?" "No, a power glitch hosed the network and I
spent the whole afternoon fighting fires."
2. The act of throwing lots of manpower and late nights at a
project, especially to get it out before deadline. See also
gang bang, Mongolian Hordes technique; however, the term
"firefighting" connotes that the effort is going into chasing
bugs rather than adding features.
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firefighting
(jargon) | firefighting
n.
1. What sysadmins have to do to correct sudden operational problems. An
opposite of hacking. “Been hacking your new newsreader?” “No, a power
glitch hosed the network and I spent the whole afternoon fighting fires.”
2. The act of throwing lots of manpower and late nights at a project, esp.
to get it out before deadline. See also gang bang, {Mongolian Hordes
technique}; however, the term firefighting connotes that the effort is
going into chasing bugs rather than adding features.
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