A close hand-to-hand struggle.

(uncountable) The act of grappling.

A tool or device with claws or hooks used for catching or holding something, particularly in nautical contexts such as grasping enemy ships or serving as a type of anchor.

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(transitive) To seize something and hold it firmly.

(intransitive) To wrestle or tussle.

(figurative, with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.

(transitive) To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly.

(transitive, intransitive) To climb (whether by means of a grapple and rope, or by hand, etc).

(intransitive) To use a grapple (for example to attempt to find, hook, and raise a net or cable).

(transitive, intransitive) To hook and raise with a grapple.