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Spell Bee Word: Wrestle

Wrestle (verb): to fight by gripping someone and trying to throw or hold them down; also to struggle hard with a problem or a feeling.

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What does wrestle mean?

Word: Wrestle

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Wrestle means to fight by gripping someone and trying to throw or hold them down; also to struggle hard with a problem or a feeling.

Synonyms: struggle, tussle

How do you spell wrestle?

Syllables: wres - tle

Tricky part: Two letters are silent: the w at the start and the t in the middle.

Watch out for: restle, wresle

Memory tip: Wrestlers never rest during a bout. Find rest inside the word and put a silent w in front of it.

Wrestle in a sentence

Example 1: The two brothers like to wrestle on the lawn after school.

Example 2: I had to wrestle with the last sum for twenty minutes.

Example 3: Young wrestlers in Haryana train for hours every morning to wrestle in village contests.

Fun Fact

Wrestling is one of the oldest sports in the world: it was part of the ancient Olympic Games in Greece more than 2,700 years ago.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) athelete
b) champian
c) tournamant
d) wrestle

Show answer

d) wrestle. Athlete has no e after the h, tournament ends in ment, and champion ends in ion.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

wrestle

a) surrender
b) grapple
c) relax
d) release

Show answer

b) grapple. To grapple is to seize and struggle with someone, which is what wrestlers do.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The two puppies love to wrestel on the carpet until one of them falls asleep.

a) asleep
b) wrestel
c) puppies
d) carpet

Show answer

b) wrestel. The word ends in le, as nestle and bustle do.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Priya wrestled with the decision for a week, so she ____.

a) argued about it with friends
b) forgot about it completely
c) found it hard to make up her mind
d) made it quickly and happily

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c) found it hard to make up her mind

2. Which pair of words both begin with a silent w, as wrestle does?

a) whale and wrap
b) wreath and water
c) wrist and wheel
d) wrist and wrap

Show answer

d) wrist and wrap

Associated Words

Words that end in -tle: brittle, shuttle, thistle, apostle, entitle, belittle

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