Crossword clues for battling
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Battle \Bat"tle\ (b[a^]t"t'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Battled (-tl'd); p. pr. & vb. n. Battling.] [F. batailler, fr. bataille. See Battle, n.] To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.
To meet in arms, and battle in the plain.
--Prior.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1
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1 nourishing; fattening. 2 fertile. alt. 1 A growing fat, or the process of causing to grow fat; a fattening. 2 That which nourishes or fattens, as food, or feed for animals, or manure for soil. n. 1 A growing fat, or the process of causing to grow fat; a fattening. 2 That which nourishes or fattens, as food, or feed for animals, or manure for soil. Etymology 2
v
(present participle of battle English)
Wikipedia
Battling may refer to:
- Battle, a combat in warfare
- Battling Billson, a 1923 short stories character by P. G. Wodehouse
- Battling Levinsky, an American world champion light heavyweight boxer
- Battling Nelson, a Danish world champion lightweight champion boxer
- Battling Shaw, a Mexican world champion light welterweight boxer
- Battling Siki, a French light heavyweight boxer
Usage examples of "battling".
Breck took the lead, waving frantically when he saw his men up ahead, battling their way into the fortress.
Hector kept on ranging, battling ranks on ranks, slashing his spear and sword and flinging heavy rocks but he stayed clear of attacking Ajax man-to-man.
I watched him battling on the lines where men win glory, saw the man with my own eyes!
On many a hard-fought field Lee was conspicuous, battling for his native State as much as for the Union.
The rest of them were already engaged, battling on the bridge or in the churning river.
Behind him Ghost and Trager continued battling, breaking everything in the room around them.
Before Lukien could answer the man battling Ghost gave a terrible cry.
He remembered battling Trager on the cliff, then the world going dark.
Lear is battling the storm, kindly Gloucester, within the haven of his castle, is perturbed.
How could you think I would do such a thing when we have been battling day and night with sweat and blood against our enemy?
I was afraid the emperor would notice, because at that moment fear and shame were battling within me.
Cai did that, showing magnificent courage, battling with a dozen or more alone until one by one his men joined him.
Adica could see the war waged within him: his jealousy, his sharp temper, his pride and self-satisfaction battling with the basic decency common to the White Deer people, who knew that in living together one had to cooperate to survive.
There would indeed be screaming and shouting and battling aplenty before the darkness came to an end, yet then, at the very beginning, no one of my warriors, at whichever entrance, voiced an unnecessary cry.
I lay unmoving upon the fur, battling despair, yet knew not where the answer to my needs was to come from.