wrestle-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: physically grapple with an opponent

Examples:
At the circus we saw a man wrestle with an alligator.
The children wrestled in the garden.
He's wrestled on the school's team for the last two years.
We wrestled the table through the door and up the stairs.

Mappings:
VerbNet: battle-36.4-1
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: wrestle.01,wrestle.02,wrestle.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 4

Sense Number 2: fight in an abstract way with a force, idea, or opponent

Examples:
She wrestled with her conscience.
I have wrestled with these questions.
We wrestled with these problems in the early days of the organization.
They have wrestled the power away from the PCS in entirety.
He wrestled with his collegues for years over the direction of the department.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: wrestle.01,wrestle.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2