Crossword clues for grappled
grappled
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Grapple \Grap"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grappled; p. pr. & vb. n. Grappling.] [F. grappiller, OF. graypil the grapple of a ship, fr. graper to pluck, prop., to seize, clutch; of German origin. See Grape.]
To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.
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To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly.
The gallies were grappled to the Centurion.
--Hakluyt.Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: grapple)
Usage examples of "grappled".
He grappled for one of the branches and managed to fasten himself to the rough bark.
They grappled with Sunder as he fought to raise his poniard, his Sunstone.
With damaged antennae, the creatures became disoriented, turned aside, grappled with each other, toppled to the ground.
Twisting in the air, Brinn landed lightly on the ground, came bounding upward again as Stell and Harn grappled with their kinsman.
I wonder what would have happened to you if I hadn't grappled onto you.
How he can manage to do that while frozen in cryonic suspension beats the hell out of me, but those are his plans, or were his plans until I grappled him.
I especially knew it when you grappled me and when you told me there's a warrant out for me.
My dream was shot down when you grappled me, and maybe her dream, too.
The ships were still grappled together, swaying on the open sea, with their sails furled.
The ship angled carefully toward the free side of the Hungry Hawk, opposite where it was grappled to the Sidonia.
When the old Laughing Lady came alongside, the buccaneers grappled the Hungry Hawk.
And sometimes,' and Ferrill shuddered,'the riders are grappled and pulled inboard.
He grappled the dragonrider at the waist, intending to snap the old man’s spine.
But while she grappled with her confusion, a change came over the eftmound.