To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.
A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task.
Strife, contention, great effort.
To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
To test someone's patience.
To put on trial.
To want
To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
To put to test.
To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
To receive an imminent attack; to take.
To attempt to determine (by experiment or effort).
To work on something with one's best effort and focus.
To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
To attempt to conceive a child.
To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
To taste, sample, etc.
To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
An attempt.
A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.
An act of tasting or sampling.
A field goal or extra point