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grappled

verb

Meaning

  1. To seize something and hold it firmly.
  2. To wrestle or tussle.
  3. (with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem.
  4. To fasten, as with a grapple; (by extension) to fix; to join indissolubly.
  5. To climb (whether by means of a grapple and rope, or by hand, etc).
  6. To use a grapple (for example to attempt to find, hook, and raise a net or cable).
  7. To hook and raise with a grapple.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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