The meaning of GRAPPLE is the act or an instance of grappling. How to use grapple in a sentence.

GRAPPLE definition: to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple. See examples of grapple used in a sentence.

He briefly grappled with the police officer. Bad news is something it becomes necessary to grapple with (= deal with).

Definition of grapple verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If you grapple with a problem or difficulty, you try hard to solve it. The economy is just one of several critical problems the country is grappling with. [VERB + with]

1. to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple. 2. to engage in a struggle or close encounter: wrestlers grappling. 3. to try to overcome or deal: to grapple with a problem.

to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple. to use a grapple. clinch. to engage in a struggle or close encounter (usually fol. by with): He was grappling with a boy twice his size. to try to overcome …

When you wrestle with something — literally or figuratively — you grapple with it, or try to overcome it.

Definition of grapple. English dictionary and integrated thesaurus for learners, writers, teachers, and students with advanced, intermediate, and beginner levels.

1. To hold onto something with a grapple: "The 150-odd ships closed and grappled, initiating the most important naval battle of the Hundred Years' War" (Clifford J. Rogers). 2. To use a grapple or similar …