fight

English

/faɪt/, [fʌɪt]

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
  • (reciprocal) To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle etc.
  • (intransitive) To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success.
  • (transitive) To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).
  • (transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
  • (transitive) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
  • (transitive) To cause to fight; to manage or manoeuvre in a fight.
  • (intransitive) Of colours or other design elements: to clash; to fail to harmonize.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English fighten inherited from Old English feohtan (fight, combat, strive) inherited from *fehtan inherited from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (comb, tease, shear, struggle with, struggle, contend with) derived from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (livestock, pluck, joyful, comb, make glad, shear, pluck wool, wool, pretty, be joyful, hair, please oneself, make attractive, make pretty).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*peḱ-

Gloss

livestock, pluck, joyful, comb, make glad, shear, pluck wool, wool, pretty, be joyful, hair, please oneself, make attractive, make pretty

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

畜

Emoji

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