fight

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a boxing or wrestling match

   the fight was on television last night

2. 2
   noun

   an aggressive willingness to compete

   the team was full of fight

3. 3
   noun

   an intense verbal dispute

   a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate

4. 4
   verb

   be engaged in a fight

   carry on a fight

5. 5
   verb

   Senses relating to physical conflict:

   My grandfather fought the Nazis in World War II.

6. 6
   verb

   To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success.

   He fought for the Democrats in the last election.

7. 7
   verb

   To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.

   The government pledged to fight corruption.

8. 8
   verb

   Of colours or other design elements: to clash; to fail to harmonize.

   The higher the saturation, the more the colors fight, and the more users will be looking at your design instead of your content.

Etymology

From Middle English fighten (“to fight”), from Old English feohtan (“to fight, combat, strive”), from Proto-West Germanic *fehtan (“to fight”), from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to comb, tease, shear, struggle with”), from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to comb, shear”). Cognate with Scots fecht (“to fight”), West Frisian fjochtsje, fjuchte (“to fight”), Dutch vechten (“to fight”), Low German fechten (“to fight”), German fechten (“to fight, fence”), Danish fægte (“to fence, to fight (using blade weapons)”), Norwegian fekte (“to fence”), Swedish fäkta (“to fence, to fight (using blade weapons), to wa…