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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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WordNet 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)]
2: engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"; "a
fighting war" [syn: belligerent, militant, war-ridden,
warring]
3: disposed to loud disagreements and fighting [syn: brawling]
n : 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, combat, scrap]

Moby Dictionary
Chinese boxing , Kilkenny cats , aggressive , all-out war ,
altercation , antagonistic , appeal to arms , argument , armed combat ,
armed conflict , attack , battle , battling , bellicose , belligerence ,
belligerency , belligerent , bickering , bloodshed , bloodthirsty ,
bloody , bloody-minded , bout , boxing , boxing match ,
cat-and-dog life , chauvinist , chauvinistic , close fighting , combat ,
combative , conflict , contending , contention , contentious ,
contentiousness , contest , contestant , contestation , contesting ,
controversy , cut and thrust , debate , disputant , disputation ,
dispute , enemy , enmity , ferocious , fierce , fisticuffs ,
full of fight , hawkish , hostile , hostilities , hostility , hot war ,
infighting , inimical , jingo , jingoish , jingoist , jingoistic ,
la guerre , litigation , logomachy , martial , might of arms , militant ,
militaristic , military , military operations , offensive ,
open hostilities , open war , paper war , polemic , prizefight ,
prizefighting , pugilism , pugnacious , quarrel , quarreling ,
quarrelsome , quarrelsomeness , resort to arms , saber-rattling ,
sanguinary , sanguineous , savage , savate , scrapping , scrappy ,
shadowboxing , shooting war , soldierlike , soldierly , spar ,
squabbling , state of war , strife , striving , struggle , struggling ,
the clinches , the fights , the ring , the sword , total war ,
trigger-happy , truculent , unfriendly , unpacific , unpeaceable ,
unpeaceful , war , war of words , warfare , warlike , warmaking ,
warmongering , warring , wartime , words , wrangling