English-Thai Dictionary
fight
N การต่อสู้ สงคราม ศึก การแข่งขัน การประชัน ขัน แข่ง clash encounter riot retreat yield kan-tor-su
fight
VI ต่อสู้ ต่อต้าน สู้รบ ทำสงคราม เข้า ปะทะ โจมตี collide battle stop quit tor-su
fight
VT ต่อสู้ ต่อต้าน สู้รบ ทำสงคราม ปะทะ โจมตี collide battle tor-su
fight about
PHRV ต่อสู้ กับ .ใน เรื่อง ทะเลาะ กับ .ใน เรื่อง fight over tor-su-kab nai-rueang
fight against
PHRV ต่อสู้ กัน ทะเลาะ กัน fight with tor-su-kan
fight against
PHRV ต่อสู้ กับ ต่อต้าน tor-su-kab
fight among
PHRV ต่อสู้ กัน ใน หมู่ หรือ ท่ามกลาง fight amongst tor-su-kan-nai-mu-rue-tam-klang
fight amongst
PHRV ต่อสู้ กัน ใน หมู่ หรือ ท่ามกลาง fight among tor-su-kan-nai-mu-rue-tam-klang
fight back
PHRV ต่อสู้ กลับ โจม ตีกลับ tor-su-kab
fight back
PHRV พยายาม กลั้น (น้ำตา หัวเราะ ฯลฯ fight down pa-ya-yam-klan
fight down
PHRV พยายาม กลั้น (น้ำตา หรือ ข่มใจ fight back pa-ya-yam-klan-rue-kom-jai
fight for
PHRV ต่อสู้ เพื่อ ปกป้อง tor-su-puea-pok-pong
fight for
PHRV แข่งขัน กับ .เพื่อ kaeng-kan-kab puea
fight for one's life
IDM ป่วยหนัก puai-nak
fight off
PHRV ทำให้ พ่ายแพ้ ใน การต่อสู้ drive off tam-hai-pai-prae-nai-kan-tor-su
fight off
PHRV พยายาม อยู่ ห่าง จาก pa-ya-yam-yu-hang-jak
fight on
PHRV ต่อสู้ กัน ใน (สถานที่ tor-su-kan-nai
fight on
PHRV ต่อสู้ ต่อไป tor-su-tor-pai
fight on
PHRV โต้แย้ง ขัดแย้ง ต่อต้าน tor-yeak
fight one's way out
IDM เบียดเสียด ออกมา แย่ง กัน ออก กรู กัน ออกมา biad-siad-ook-ma
fight out
PHRV ต่อสู้ จนกว่า จะ มีผล ต่อสู้ จนกว่า จะ สิ้นสุด fight through slug out tor-su-jon-kwa-ja-me-pon
fight out
PHRV ทำให้ ปรองดอง slug out tam-hai-prong-dong
fight over
PHRV ทะเลาะ กัน เพื่อ ต่อสู้ กัน เพื่อ แข่งขัน กัน เพื่อ fight about ta-lor-kan-puea
fight shy of
PHRV หลีกเลี่ยง เลี่ยง lea-liang
fight through
PHRV ขัดแย้ง ตลอด โต้แย้ง ทุกอย่าง เป็น ปรปักษ์ ทุก เรื่อง kad-yeak-ta-lod
fight through
PHRV ต่อสู้ กัน จน รู้ ผล ต่อสู้ จน ยุติ fight out slug out tor-su-kan-jon-ru-pon
fight through
PHRV ต่อสู้ ผ่าน หรือ ทำ ทางผ่าน tor-su-pan-rue-tam-tang-pan
fight through
PHRV ต่อสู้ เพื่อให้ ยอมรับ tor-su-puea-hai-yom-rab
fight to
PHRV ต่อสู้ กัน จนกว่า จะ รู้ ผล ต่อสู้ จนกว่า อีก ฝ่าย จะ แพ้ หรือ ตาย tor-su-kan-jon-kwa-ja-ru-pon
fight together
PHRV ต่อสู้ กับ tor-su-kab
fight together
PHRV ต่อสู้ ร่วมกับ tor-su-ruam-kab
fight with
PHRV ต่อสู้ กับ tor-su-kab
fight with
PHRV ต่อสู้ กับ fight against tor-su-kab
fight with
PHRV ร่วมกับ .ต่อสู้ กับ ruam-kab-tor-su-kab
fighter
N นัก สู้ นักรบ นักมวย ผู้ กล้า วีรบุรุษ combatant contender warrior nak-su
fighter
N เครื่องบิน ประจัญบาน เครื่องบิน ขับไล่ kreang-bin-pra-jan-ban
fighter-bomber
N เครื่องบิน ทิ้ง ระเบิด และ ป้องกัน ภัย kreang-bin-ting-ra-boed-lae-pong-kan-pai
fighting chance
IDM โอกาส ที่จะ สำเร็จ (ถ้า พยายาม ให้ ได้มา o-kad-ti-ja-sam-red
fighting chance
N โอกาส ประสบความสำเร็จ หลัง พยายาม ต่อสู้ o-kad-pra-sob-kwam-sam-red-lang-pa-ya-yam-tor-su
fighting cock
N ไก่ชน gamecock kai-chon
fighting fish
N ปลากัด pla-kad
fighting pilot
N นักบิน pilot nak-bin
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FIGHT
v.i. 1. To strive or contend for victory, in battle or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms.
Come and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. Judges 11:6.
When two persons or parties contend in person, fight is usually followed by with. But when we speak of carrying on war, in any other form, we may say, to fight against.
Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side. 1 Samuel 14:47.
Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath. 2 Kings 12:17.
It is treason for a man to join an enemy to fight against his country.
To fight against, is to act in opposition; to oppose; to strive to conquer or resist.
The stars in their courses fought against Sisera. Judges 5:2 .
2. To contend; to strive; to struggle to resist or check.
3. To act as a soldier.
FIGHT
v.t. 1. To carry on contention; to maintain a struggle for victory over enemies.
I have fought a good fight. 2 Timothy 4:7.
2. To contend with in battle; to war against. They fought the enemy in two pitched battles. The captain fought the frigate seven glasses. [Elliptical; with being understood. ]
FIGHT
n. 1. A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a struggle for victory, either between individuals, or between armies, ships or navies. A duel is called a single fight or combat.
2. Something to screen the combatants in ships.
Up with your fights and your nettings prepare.
FIGHTER
n.One that fights; a combatant; a warrior.
FIGHTING
ppr. 1. Contending in battle; striving for victory or conquest.
2. a. Qualified for war; fit for battle.
A host of fighting men. 2 Chronicles 26:11.
3. Occupied in war; being the scene of war; as a fighting field.
FIGHTING
n.Contention; strife; quarrel. Without were fightings, within were fears. 2 Corinthians 7:5.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FIGHT
Fight, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fought; p. pr. & vb. n. Fighting. ] Etym: [OE. fihten, fehten, AS. feohtan; akin to D. vechten, OHG. fehtan, G. fechten, Sw. fäkta, 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. You do fight against your country's foes. Shak. To fight with thee no man of arms will deign. Milton.
2. To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance. To fight shy, to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters; to keep out of reach.
FIGHT
FIGHT Fight, v. t.
1. To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by struggle, as one's way; to sustain by fighting, as a cause. He had to fight his way through the world. Macaulay. I have fought a good fight. 2 Tim. iv. 7.
2. To contend with in battle; to war against; as, they fought the enemy in two pitched battles; the sloop fought the frigate for three hours.
3. To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as, to fight cocks; to fight one's ship. To fight it out, to fight until a decisive and conclusive result is reached.
FIGHT
Fight, n. Etym: [OE. fight, feht, AS. feoht. See Fight, v. i.]
1. A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a combat; a violent conflict or struggle for victory, between individuals or between armies, ships, or navies, etc. Who now defies thee thrice to single fight. Milton.
2. A struggle or contest of any kind.
3. Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as, he has a great deal of fight in him. [Colloq. ]
4. A screen for the combatants in ships. [Obs. ] Up with your fights, and your nettings prepare. Dryden. Running fight, a fight in which the enemy is continually chased; also, one which continues without definite end or result.
Syn. -- Combat; engagement; contest; struggle; encounter; fray; affray; action; conflict. See Battle.
FIGHTER
Fight "er, n. Etym: [AS. feohtere.]
Defn: One who fights; a combatant; a warrior. Shak.
FIGHTING
FIGHTING Fight "ing, a.
1. Qualified for war; fit for battle. An host of fighting men. 2 Chron. xxvi. 11.
2. Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a fighting field. Pope. A fighting chance, one dependent upon the issue of a struggle. [Colloq. ] -- Fighting crab (Zoöl.), the fiddler crab. -- Fighting fish (Zoöl.), a remarkably pugnacious East Indian fish (Betta pugnax ), reared by the Siamese for spectacular fish fights.
FIGHTINGLY
FIGHTINGLY Fight "ing *ly, adv.
Defn: Pugnaciously.
FIGHTWITE
Fight "wite `, n. Etym: [Fight + wite. ] (O.Eng. Law )
Defn: A mulct or fine imposed on a person for making a fight or quarrel to the disturbance of the peace.
New American Oxford Dictionary
fight
fight |fīt faɪt | ▶verb ( past and past participle fought |fôt | ) [ no obj. ] take part in a violent struggle involving the exchange of physical blows or the use of weapons: the men were fighting | they fight with other children. • [ with obj. ] engage in (a war or battle ): there was another war to fight. • [ no obj. ] : we fought and died for this country. • quarrel or argue: she didn't want to fight with her mother all the time | they were fighting over who pays the bill. • [ with obj. ] struggle to put out (a fire, esp. a large one ): two fire trucks raced to the scene to fight the blaze. • [ with obj. ] endeavor vigorously to win (an election or other contest ). • campaign determinedly for or against something, esp. to put right what one considers unfair or unjust: I will fight for more equitable laws. • [ with obj. ] struggle or campaign against (something ): the best way to fight fascism abroad and racism at home. • [ with obj. ] attempt to repress (a feeling or an expression of a feeling ): she had to fight back tears of frustration. • [ with obj. ] take part in a boxing match against (an opponent ). • (fight one's way ) move forward with difficulty, esp. by pushing through a crowd or overcoming physical obstacles: she watched him fight his way across the room. • [ with obj. ] archaic command, manage, or maneuver (troops, a ship, or military equipment ) in battle: General Hill fights his troops well. ▶noun a violent confrontation or struggle: we'll get into a fight and wind up with bloody noses. • a boxing match. • a battle or war: the country was not eager for a fight with the US. • a vigorous struggle or campaign for or against something: a long fight against cancer. • an argument or quarrel: she had a fight with her husband. • the inclination or ability to fight or struggle: Ginny felt the fight trickle out of her. PHRASES fight fire with fire use the weapons or tactics of one's enemy or opponent, even if one finds them distasteful. fight like cats and dogs (of two people ) be continually arguing with one another. fight a losing battle be fated to fail in one's efforts: he was fighting a losing battle to stem the tears. fight shy of be unwilling to undertake or become involved with: these musicians fight shy of change. make a fight of it put up a spirited show of resistance in a fight or contest: the Chargers certainly made a fight of it in the second half. fight or flight the instinctive physiological response to a threatening situation, which readies one either to resist forcibly or to run away. put up a fight offer resistance to an attack. PHRASAL VERBS fight back counterattack or retaliate in a fight, struggle, or contest. fight it out settle a dispute by fighting or competing aggressively: they fought it out with a tug-of-war. fight someone /something off defend oneself against an attack by someone or something: well-fed people are better able to fight off infectious disease. ORIGIN Old English feohtan (verb ), feoht (e ), gefeoht (noun ); related to Dutch vechten, gevecht and German fechten, Gefecht .
fightback
fight |back |ˈfʌɪtbak | ▶noun Brit. a great effort to gain a position of strength made by a person or group who seem likely to lose a contest: a storming second-half fightback from Chelsea.
fighter
fight er |ˈfītər ˈfaɪdər | ▶noun 1 a person or animal that fights, esp. as a soldier or a boxer. • a person who does not easily admit defeat in spite of difficulties or opposition: there'll be months of physiotherapy but medical staff say she's a fighter. 2 a fast military aircraft designed for attacking other aircraft: designers employ stealth to render a fighter invisible to radar | [ as modifier ] : fighter pilots. word trends: Labels are powerful things, carrying with them a great raft of associations and assumptions, and terrorist is one of the most inflammatory. Since the War on Terror was proclaimed in 2001 and wars were initiated in Iraq and Afghanistan, frequency of the word terrorist in the Oxford English Corpus peaked sharply but has now declined, whereas evidence for fighter, insurgent, and militant, more neutral labels for nongovernmental forces opposing Western troops, has steadily increased. However, the neutrality of fighter is a matter of debate: in the Corpus it is typically associated with such positive tags as liberation, heroic, and courageous. Such words are not attached to terrorist, which is far more likely to be linked to fanatical, dangerous, or deadly .
fighter-bomber
fight er-bomb er |ˈfaɪdər ˌbɑmər | ▶noun an aircraft serving as both a fighter and bomber.
fighting
fight ing |ˈfītiNG | ▶noun the action of fighting; violence or conflict: terrible fighting broke out in the streets. ▶adjective displaying or engaging in violence, combat, or aggression: he was a fighting man | he put up his fists and took a fighting stance.
fighting chair
fight ing chair ▶noun a fixed chair on a boat used by a person trying to catch large fish.
fighting chance
fight ing chance ▶noun a possibility of success if great effort is made: they still have a fighting chance of clinching the title.
fighting fish
fight ing fish (also Siamese fighting fish ) ▶noun a small labyrinth fish native to Thailand, the males of which fight vigorously. It has been bred in a variety of colors for fighting and for aquariums. [Betta splendens, family Belontiidae. ]
fighting fit
fight |ing fit ▶adjective in excellent health: Mary had responded to treatment and seemed fighting fit.
fighting fund
fight |ing fund ▶noun Brit. money raised to finance a campaign, especially one supporting a political or social cause.
fighting top
fight |ing top ▶noun historical a platform high on a warship's mast on which guns or marksmen can be stationed.
fighting words
fight ing words ▶plural noun informal words indicating a willingness to fight or challenge someone. • words expressing an insult, esp. of an ethnic, racial, or sexist nature.
Oxford Dictionary
fight
fight |fʌɪt | ▶verb ( past and past participle fought |fɔːt | ) 1 [ no obj. ] take part in a violent struggle involving the exchange of physical blows or the use of weapons: the men were fighting | protesters fought with police | Cameron fought back as hard as he could. • engage in a war or battle: those who had fought for King and country | [ with obj. ] : the country is still fighting a civil war. • [ with obj. ] archaic command, manage, or manoeuvre (troops, a ship, or military equipment ) in battle: General Hill fights his troops well. • quarrel or argue: they were fighting over who pays the bill. • [ with obj. ] take part in a boxing match against (an opponent ): McCracken will fight Sheffield's Martin Smith. 2 [ with obj. ] struggle to overcome, eliminate, or prevent: a churchman who has dedicated his life to fighting racism | the company intends to fight the decision. • [ no obj. ] strive to achieve or do something: I will fight for a fairer society | for several days, doctors fought to save his life. • endeavour vigorously to win (an election or other contest ). • attempt to repress (a feeling or its expression ): she had to fight back tears of frustration. • (fight one's way ) move forward with difficulty, especially by pushing through a crowd: she watched him fight his way across the room. ▶noun a violent confrontation or struggle: he'd got into a fight with some bouncers outside a club. • a boxing match. • a battle or war: Britain might have given up her fight against Germany. • a vigorous struggle or campaign for or against something: their fight for control of the company | a long fight against cancer. • an argument or quarrel: he'd had another fight with Katie. • [ mass noun ] the inclination or ability to fight or struggle: Ginny felt the fight trickle out of her. PHRASES fight fire with fire use the weapons or tactics of one's enemy or opponent, even if one finds them distasteful. fight like cat and dog (of two people ) be continually arguing with one another. fight a losing battle be fated to fail in one's efforts: the police are fighting a losing battle against a rising tide of crime. fight shy of be unwilling to undertake or become involved with: MacMillan has never fought shy of controversy. make a fight of it put up a spirited show of resistance in a fight or contest. fight or flight the instinctive physiological response to a threatening situation, which readies one either to resist forcibly or to run away. put up a fight offer resistance to an attack. PHRASAL VERBS fight someone /thing off defend oneself against an attack by someone or something: Candice fought her assailant off | figurative : well-fed people are better able to fight off infectious disease. ORIGIN Old English feohtan (verb ), feoht (e ), gefeoht (noun ), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vechten, gevecht and German fechten, Gefecht .
fightback
fight |back |ˈfʌɪtbak | ▶noun Brit. a great effort to gain a position of strength made by a person or group who seem likely to lose a contest: a storming second-half fightback from Chelsea.
fighter
fight ¦er |ˈfʌɪtə | ▶noun 1 a person or animal that fights: the distinction between civilian populations and fighters. • a person who does not easily admit defeat in spite of difficulties or opposition: there'll be months of physiotherapy but medical staff say she's a fighter. 2 a fast military aircraft designed for attacking other aircraft: [ as modifier ] : fighter pilots. word trends: Labels are powerful things, carrying with them a great raft of associations and assumptions, and terrorist is one of the most inflammatory. Since the War on Terror was proclaimed in 2001 and wars were initiated in Iraq and Afghanistan, frequency of the word terrorist in the Oxford English Corpus peaked sharply but has now declined, whereas evidence for fighter, Insurgent, and militant, more neutral labels for non-governmental forces opposing Western troops, has steadily increased. However, the neutrality of fighter is a matter of debate: in the Corpus it is typically associated with such positive tags as liberation, heroic, and courageous. Such words are not attached to terrorist, which is far more likely to be linked to fanatical, dangerous, or deadly .
fighter-bomber
fighter-bomber ▶noun an aircraft serving as both a fighter and bomber.
fighting
fight |ing |ˈfʌɪtɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action of fighting; violence or conflict: terrible fighting broke out in the streets. ▶adjective displaying or engaging in violence, combat, or aggression: he was a fighting man | he put up his fists and took a fighting stance.
fighting chair
fight |ing chair ▶noun N. Amer. a fixed chair on a boat used by a person trying to catch large fish.
fighting chance
fight |ing chance ▶noun a possibility of success if great effort is made: they still have a fighting chance of clinching the title.
fighting fish
fighting fish (also Siamese fighting fish ) ▶noun a small labyrinth fish native to Thailand, the males of which fight vigorously. It has been bred in a variety of colours for aquaria. ●Betta splendens, family Belontiidae.
fighting fit
fight |ing fit ▶adjective in excellent health: Mary had responded to treatment and seemed fighting fit.
fighting fund
fight |ing fund ▶noun Brit. money raised to finance a campaign, especially one supporting a political or social cause.
fighting top
fight |ing top ▶noun historical a platform high on a warship's mast on which guns or marksmen can be stationed.
fighting words
fight |ing words ▶plural noun (also fighting talk ) informal 1 words indicating a willingness to fight or challenge a person or thing. 2 US insulting or provocative words, especially of an ethnic, racial, or sexist nature, considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions and afforded less protection than free speech.
American Oxford Thesaurus
fight
fight verb 1 two men were fighting: brawl, exchange blows, attack each other, assault each other, hit each other, punch each other; struggle, grapple, wrestle; informal scrap, have a set-to, roughhouse, engage in fisticuffs. 2 they fought in the First World War: (do ) battle, go to war, take up arms, be a soldier; engage, meet, clash, skirmish. 3 a war fought for freedom: engage in, wage, conduct, prosecute, undertake. 4 they are always fighting: quarrel, argue, bicker, squabble, fall out, have a fight, have a row, wrangle, be at odds, disagree, differ, have words, bandy words, be at each other's throats, be at loggerheads; informal scrap. 5 fighting against wage reductions: campaign, strive, battle, struggle, contend, crusade, agitate, lobby, push, press. 6 they will fight the decision: oppose, contest, contend with, confront, challenge, combat, dispute, quarrel with, argue against /with, strive against, struggle against. 7 Tyler fought the urge to stick his tongue out: repress, restrain, suppress, stifle, smother, hold back, fight back, keep in check, curb, control, rein in, choke back; informal keep the lid on. ▶noun 1 a fight outside a club: brawl, fracas, melee, rumpus, skirmish, sparring match, struggle, scuffle, altercation, clash, disturbance; fisticuffs; informal scrap, set-to, donnybrook. 2 a heavyweight fight: boxing match, bout, match. 3 Richard the Lionheart's fight against the French: battle, engagement, clash, conflict, struggle; war, campaign, crusade, action, hostilities. 4 a fight with my girlfriend: argument, quarrel, squabble, row, wrangle, disagreement, falling-out, contretemps, altercation, dispute; informal tiff, spat, scrap, cat fight, blowup. 5 their fight for control of the company: struggle, battle, campaign, push, effort. 6 she had no fight left in her: will to resist, resistance, spirit, courage, pluck, pluckiness, grit, strength, backbone, determination, resolution, resolve, resoluteness, aggression, aggressiveness; informal guts, spunk, moxie. PHRASES fight back 1 if the enemy attacks, we will fight back: retaliate, counterattack, strike back, hit back, respond, reciprocate, return fire, give tit for tat. 2 Russ fought back tears. See fight (sense 7 of the verb ). fight off they tried in vain to fight off the swarming locusts: repel, repulse, beat off /back, ward off, fend off, keep /hold at bay, drive away /back, force back.
fighter
fighter noun 1 a guerrilla fighter: soldier, fighting man /woman, warrior, combatant, serviceman, servicewoman, trooper, mercenary; archaic man-at-arms. 2 the fighter was knocked to the ground: boxer, pugilist, prizefighter; wrestler. 3 enemy fighters: warplane, armed aircraft.
fighting
fighting adjective a fighting man: violent, combative, aggressive, pugnacious, truculent, belligerent, bellicose, scrappy. ANTONYMS peaceful. ▶noun 200 were injured in the fighting: violence, hostilities, conflict, action, combat; warfare, war, battles, skirmishing, rioting. ANTONYMS peace.
Oxford Thesaurus
fight
fight verb 1 he saw two men fighting: brawl, come to blows, exchange blows, attack /assault each other, hit /punch each other; box; struggle, grapple, wrestle, scrimmage; do battle, engage in conflict, contend; spar, joust, tilt, cross swords, lock horns, lock antlers; informal scrap, have a dust-up, have a set-to; Brit. informal have a punch-up; Scottish informal swedge; N. Amer. informal rough-house; Austral. /NZ informal stoush, go the knuckle. 2 Edward went to fight in the First World War: battle, do battle, give battle, wage war, go to war, make war, take up arms; attack, mount an attack; combat, engage, meet, clash, skirmish; be a soldier, fight for Queen /King and country; crusade. 3 a war fought for freedom: engage in, wage, conduct, prosecute, carry on, pursue, undertake, practise, proceed with, go on with. 4 she and her sister are always fighting: quarrel, argue, row, bicker, squabble, have a row /fight, wrangle, dispute, be at odds, disagree, fail to agree, differ, be at variance, have words, bandy words, be at each other's throfats, be at loggerheads; battle, feud; informal fall out, scrap, go at it hammer and tongs, fight like cat and dog, argufy; archaic altercate, chop logic; Scottish archaic threap. 5 the firemen fought the blaze: try to extinguish, try to put out. 6 textile workers fought against further wage reductions: campaign, strive, battle, struggle, contend, grapple, war, crusade, agitate; speak, lobby; work, push, press. 7 party leaders warned that they would fight the decision: oppose, contest, contend with, confront, challenge, combat, dispute, object to, quarrel with, argue against /with; withstand, resist, defy, fly in the face of; strive /struggle against, take a stand against, put up a fight against, stand up and be countecatd against, take issue with, question; rare controvert. ANTONYMS accept, support. 8 Donaldson fought the urge to put his tongue out: repress, restrain, suppress, stifle, smother, hold back, keep back, fight back, keep in check, check, curb, contain, control, keep under control, rein in, silence, muffle, bottle up, choke back, swallow, strangle, gag; informal button up, keep the lid on, cork up. ANTONYMS give in to. PHRASES fight back 1 use your pent-up anger to fight back: retaliate, counterattack, strike back, hit back, reply, respond, react, reciprocate, return fire, give tit for tat, give as good as one gets, return the compliment, defend oneself, put up a fight, return like for like, get back at someone, give someone a dose /taste of their own medicine; formal requite something; archaic serve someone out, give someone a Roland for an Oliver. ANTONYMS turn the other cheek. 2 she had to fight back tears of frustration: repress, restrain, suppress, stifle, smother, hold back, keep back, keep in check, check, curb, contain, control, keep under control, rein in, silence, muffle, bottle up, choke back, swallow, strangle, gag; informal button up, keep the lid on, cork up. ANTONYMS give in to, let out. fight for a militant who fought for the rights of all workers: champion, promote, advocate, plead for, defend, protect, uphold, support, back, espouse, stand up for, campaign for, lobby for, battle for, crusade for, take up the cudgels for. fight like cat and dog (or like cats and dogs ) informal we are both extremely volatile and have always fought like cat and dog. See fight (sense 4 of the verb ). fight someone /something off he fought off a bull terrier that attacked his dog: repel, repulse, beat off, stave off, ward off, hold off, fend off, keep /hold at bay, drive away /back, force back, beat back, push back, resist. fight shy of some people fight shy of taking out a personal loan: flinch from, demur from, recoil from, hang back from; have scruples about, scruple about, have misgivings about, have qualms about, be averse to, be chary of, not be in favour of, be against, be opposed to, be diffident about, be bashful about, be shy about, be coy about; be loath to, scruple to, be reluctant to, be unwilling to, be disinclined to, not be in the mood to, be indisposed to, be slow to, be hesitant to, be afraid to, hesitate to, hate to, not like to, not have the heart to, drag one's feet /heels over, waver about, vacillate about, think twice about, baulk at, quail at, mind doing something; informal be cagey about, boggle at; archaic disrelish. ▶noun 1 he'd got into a fight outside a club: brawl, fracas, melee, row, rumpus, confrontation, skirmish, sparring match, exchange, struggle, tussle, scuffle, altercation, wrangle, scrum, clash, disturbance; fisticuffs, rough and tumble; Irish, N. Amer., & Austral. donnybrook; informal scrap, dust-up, set-to, shindy, shindig, free-for-all; Brit. informal punch-up, bust-up, ruck, bit of argy-bargy, barney; Scottish informal rammy, swedge, square go; N. Amer. informal rough house, brannigan; Austral. /NZ informal stoush; Law, dated affray; rare broil, bagarre. 2 a heavyweight championship fight: boxing match, bout, match, meeting, fixture, game, encounter. 3 Britain might have given up her fight against Germany: battle, engagement, clash, conflict, contest, encounter; skirmish, scuffle, tussle, struggle, brush, exchange; war, campaign, crusade, warfare, combat, action, hostilities. 4 I just had a fight with my girlfriend: argument, quarrel, squabble, row, wrangle, disagreement, difference of opinion, falling-out, contretemps, tangle, altercation, fracas; dispute, disputation, contention; feud; informal tiff, set-to, shindig, shindy, stand-up, run-in, spat, scrap, ruction; Brit. informal slanging match, barney, bunfight, ding-dong, bust-up, ruck. 5 their fight for control of the company: struggle, battle, campaign, endeavour, drive, push, effort, movement, move. 6 she had no fight left in her: will to resist, power to resist, resistance, morale, spirit, courage, pluck, pluckiness, gameness, will to win, strength, backbone, spine, mettle, stout-heartedness, determination, firmness of purpose, resolution, resolve, resoluteness, confidence; aggression, aggressiveness, belligerence, militancy, boldness, audacity, forcefulness; informal guts, grit, spunk; Brit. informal bottle; N. Amer. informal sand, moxie.
fightback
fightback noun Brit. Hibs mounted a spirited fightback: counterattack, counteroffensive; rally, recovery, recuperation, resurgence, revival, rebound; informal comeback.
fighter
fighter noun 1 a guerrilla fighter: soldier, fighting man, fighting woman, warrior, combatant, serviceman, servicewoman, trooper; in the US GI, enlisted man; Brit. informal squaddie; archaic man-at-arms. 2 the bout ends when a fighter is knocked to the ground: boxer, pugilist, prizefighter; wrestler, grappler; contestant, contender, competitor; informal champ, bruiser, scrapper, pug. 3 he was shot down by enemy fighters: warplane, armed aircraft.
fighting
fighting adjective Hugh was a fighting man: violent, combative, aggressive, pugnacious, truculent, belligerent, bellicose, disputatious, antagonistic, argumentative, hawkish. ANTONYMS peaceful. ▶noun more than 200 were injured in the fighting: violence, hostilities, conflict, combat; warfare, war, battles, skirmishing, affray, rioting; bloodshed, slaughter, slaying, killing, carnage, butchery, massacre, murder, bloodletting; informal action. ANTONYMS peace. PHRASES fighting fit I should be fighting fit at the start of next season. See fit 1 (sense 4 of the adjective ).
Duden Dictionary
Fight
Fight Substantiv, maskulin , der |fa͜it |der Fight; Genitiv: des Fights, Plural: die Fights englisch fight, eigentlich = Kampf, zu: to fight = kämpfen, verwandt mit fechten 1 verbissen geführter Kampf (in einem sportlichen Wettkampf ); harte Auseinandersetzung 2 Boxen Boxkampf der Fight zwischen dem Weltmeister und seinem Herausforderer musste verschoben werden
fighten
figh ten schwaches Verb |ˈfa͜itn̩ |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « englisch to fight 1 hart, verbissen kämpfen, um etwas zu erreichen um den Sieg fighten 2 Boxen ungestüm, den Schlagabtausch suchend kämpfen
Fighter
Figh ter Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈfa͜itɐ |der Fighter; Genitiv: des Fighters, Plural: die Fighter englisch fighter 1 jemand, der hart und verbissen um etwas kämpft; Kämpfernatur 2 Boxen Boxer, der den Schlagabtausch und eine ungestüme Kampfweise bevorzugt
Fighterin
Figh te rin Substantiv, feminin , die weibliche Form zu Fighter weibliche Form zu Fighter
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
fight
fight /faɪt /〖語源は俗説で 「毛をむしり取る 」〗(名 )fighter 動詞 ～s /-ts /; fought /fɔːt /; ～ing 自動詞 1 〈人 国などが 〉 «…と /…を巡って /…のために » 戦う , 戦争をする «against , with /over , about /for » (!fight withは 「…に味方して戦う 」の意味になることもある ) ▸ My grandfather fought against the Nazis .私の祖父はナチスと戦った ▸ India and Pakistan fought over the land .インドとパキスタンはその土地を巡って争った ▸ fight hard 懸命に戦う .2 «人と /…を巡って /…のために » (なぐり合いの )けんかをする , 格闘する «with /over , about /for » ▸ The boys fought with each other over everything .その少年たちは事あるごとにけんかをした .3 【職 地位などを求めて 】奮闘する, 争う «for » ; « …しようと » 努力する «to do » ▸ fight for one's seat 議席を獲得するために戦う ▸ fight to keep Sam alive サムの命を救おうと必死になる .4 【悪習 病気 差別などに 】立ち向かう «against » ▸ fight against terrorism [leukemia ]テロリズム [白血病 ]と戦う .5 ｟くだけて ｠ «…と /…を巡って » 口論する, 言い争う (quarrel, argue ) «with /about , over » ▸ The kids are always fighting over which TV program they should watch .子供たちは年中チャンネル争いをしている .6 ボクシングの試合をする .7 【衝動などを 】こらえる, 抑えようとする «with » .他動詞 1 〈人などが 〉 «…のために /…を巡って » 〈人 国など 〉と戦う , 戦争をする; 〈人 〉とけんかをする «for /over » ; 〈悪習 病気 差別など 〉に立ち向かう ▸ fight each other 争い合う ▸ fight the fire [blaze ](消そうとして )炎と格闘する ▸ fight AIDS エイズに立ち向かう ▸ Don't fight it .抵抗しないほうがいい .2 «…のために /…と » 〈戦い 〉をする, 交える «for /with » ▸ fight a war for freedom 自由を求めて戦う ▸ fight one's own battles 自分たちの闘いをする .3 〈選挙など 〉を戦う ; 〈告訴など 〉で争う ▸ fight the next general election 次期総選挙を戦う ▸ fight the charges [case ]告訴 [訴訟 ]で争う .4 〈衝動 願望など 〉を必死でこらえる [抑える ].5 (ボクシングなどで )【タイトルをかけて 】〈人 〉と対戦する «for » .6 〈軍など 〉を指揮する ; 〈鶏 犬など 〉を戦わせる .c ò me ò ut f í ghting (勝利のために )全力で戦い抜く .f ì ght b á ck «…に » 反撃する ; 抵抗する «against » .f ì ght A b á ck [b á ck A ]A 〈涙 衝動など 〉を必死でこらえる [抑える ](hold A back ).f ì ght A d ó wn [d ó wn A ]1 ｟ややくだけて ｠＝fight A back .2 A 〈人など 〉と争って勝つ, Aをやっつける .f ì ght it ó ut 決着がつくまで戦う [議論する ].f ì ght A ó ff [ó ff A ]1 A 〈人 物 〉を撃退する, 力づくで振り払う .2 A 〈病気 感情など 〉を克服する [しようとする ].3 A 〈相手 〉に打ち勝つ .f ì ght ó n 戦い続ける .f ì ght one's w á y (人 障害を )かき分けて進む (!方向を表す副詞表現を伴う ) ▸ fight one's way through thick woods 茂った森の中をもがくようにして進む .f ì ght A ó ut [ó ut A ]Aを最後まで戦う [論じる ].名詞 複 ～s /-ts /1 C «…との /…同士の » けんか , 抗争 «with , against /between » ; «…を巡る » 争い «over, about » ▸ get into a fight with A Aとなぐり合いのけんかになる ▸ have a big fight 大げんかをする ▸ start a fight けんかを仕掛ける ▸ a fight to a [the ] finish 完全に決着がつくまで行う戦い 2 C «人との /…のことでの » 口論 «with /over , about » ▸ have a fight with one's boss 上司と口論になる .3 C 〖単数形で 〗 «…に対する /…のための /…するための » 奮闘, 争い «against /for /to do » ; ｟主に報道 ｠(選挙 競技の )戦い (contest )▸ the fight against crime [cancer ]防犯運動 [ガンとの闘病 ]▸ lose one's fight for life 病床に倒れる ▸ have a fight on one's hands 自分の利益のために争う .4 C (ボクシングの )【対戦者との 】試合 «against » .5 C «…を巡る » 戦闘, 攻防 «for » .6 U 闘志, ファイト, 気力 (fighting spirit ).p ì ck a f í ght 【人に 】けんかを売る [仕掛ける ] «with » .p ù t ú p a g ò od [br à ve ] f í ght 勇敢に戦う, 善戦する .
fighter
fight er /fáɪtə r /→fight 名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 〘軍 〙戦闘機 (fighter plane [aircraft ]).2 (格闘技の )選手 ; (特に )ボクサー ; 戦士, 闘士 .3 (逆境に負けず )戦う人 .～́ p ì lot 戦闘機のパイロット .
fighting
f í ght ing 名詞 U 戦い, 戦闘, 交戦 ; 格闘 ; けんか, 闘争 ▸ heavy fighting 激しい戦闘 .形容詞 戦闘の ; 戦闘に適した .～́ ch à ir ｟米 ｠(大物を釣るときに使う )船上の固定いす .～̀ ch á nce わずかだが努力次第で成功する [勝てる ]見込み .～́ c ò ck 闘鶏, シャモ .～̀ f í t ｟英 ｠元気にあふれて, ぴんぴんして .～̀ sp í rit ＝fight 名詞 6 .～̀ w ó rds [t á lk ](けんかの )売り言葉 .
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