STRUGGLE

struggle. Struggle, n. a contest, labor, effort, agony, trial

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Strug″gle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Struggled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Struggling (?).] [[OE. strogelen; cf. Icel. strj�ka to stroke, to beat, to flog, Sw. stryka to stroke, to strike, Dan. stryge, G. straucheln to stumble. Cf. Stroll.]] 1. 1. To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
2. 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 far above our power to add or detract. Lincoln. 3. 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. Syn. — To strive; contend; labor; endeavor.