[syn: active, combat-ready, fighting(a)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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 (r) 3.0 (2006):
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)]
n 1: 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, fighting, combat, scrap]