Definition of Grapple

Grapple

To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.

To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly.

To use a grapple; to contend in close fight; to attach one's self as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; to close; to seize one another.

A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold.

An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab.

A grappling iron.

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Grapple Quotations

We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on.
Richard P. Feynman

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.
Herman Melville

We see today that there is a growing understanding in the international community that the extremist regime in Tehran is not just Israel's problem, but rather an issue that the entire international community must grapple with.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

I've, we have in this state, like many other states, we're experiencing an enormous budget deficit that we're trying to grapple with. But we will have progress despite the deficits.
Jennifer Granholm

I think that our cooperative conservation approaches get people to sit down and grapple with problem solving.
Gale Norton

I can analyse the trajectory of my popularity and find out why the peak was a peak and the valley was a valley - grapple with it that way - but I prefer not to analyse it that much.
Corey Hart

No errors of opinion can possibly be dangerous in a country where opinion is left free to grapple with them.
William Gilmore Simms

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Grapple Translations

grapple in Afrikaans is vat, vang
grapple in Danish is fange
grapple in Dutch is beetnemen, beetpakken, pakken
grapple in French is attraper, capturer
grapple in German is packen, anpacken
grapple in Norwegian is fange, gripe
grapple in Swedish is ge sig i kast med, dust

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