Fight vs. Spar

Fightverb

(intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.

Fightverb

(reciprocal) To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle etc.

Fightverb

(intransitive) To strive for; to campaign or contend for success.

Fightverb

(transitive) To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).

Fightverb

(transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.

Fightverb

(transitive) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.

Fightverb

To cause to fight; to manage or manoeuvre in a fight.

Fightnoun

An occasion of fighting.

Fightnoun

(archaic) A battle between opposing armies.

Fightnoun

A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.

Fightnoun

(sports) A boxing or martial arts match.

Fightnoun

A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.

Fightnoun

(uncountable) The will or ability to fight.

Fightnoun

(obsolete) A screen for the combatants in ships.

Fightverb

To strive or contened for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; - followed by with or against.

Fightverb

To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance.

Fightverb

To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by struggle, as one's way; to sustain by fighting, as a cause.

Fightverb

To contend with in battle; to war against; as, they fought the enemy in two pitched battles; the sloop fought the frigate for three hours.

Fightverb

To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as, to fight cocks; to fight one's ship.

Fightnoun

A struggle or contest of any kind.

Fightnoun

Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as, he has a great deal of fight in him.

Fightnoun

A screen for the combatants in ships.

Fightnoun

the act of fighting; any contest or struggle;

Fightnoun

an intense verbal dispute;

Fightnoun

a boxing match;

Fightnoun

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war;

Fightnoun

an aggressive willingness to compete;

Fightverb

be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight;

Fightverb

fight against or resist strongly;

Fightverb

make a strenuous or labored effort;

Fightverb

exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for;

Fightverb

take part in a violent struggle involving the exchange of physical blows or the use of weapons

Fightverb

engage in a war or battle

Fightverb

command, manage, or manoeuvre (troops, a ship, or military equipment) in battle

Fightverb

quarrel or argue

Fightverb

take part in a boxing match against (an opponent)

Fightverb

struggle to overcome, eliminate, or prevent

Fightverb

strive to achieve or do something

Fightverb

endeavour vigorously to win (an election or other contest).

Fightverb

attempt to repress (a feeling or its expression)

Fightverb

move forward with difficulty, especially by pushing through a crowd

Fightnoun

a violent confrontation or struggle

Fightnoun

a boxing match.

Fightnoun

a battle or war

Fightnoun

a vigorous struggle or campaign for or against something

Fightnoun

an argument or quarrel

Fightnoun

the inclination or ability to fight or struggle

Sparnoun

A rafter of a roof.

Sparnoun

A thick pole or piece of wood.

Sparnoun

(obsolete) A bar of wood used to fasten a door.

Sparnoun

(nautical) Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.

Sparnoun

(aeronautics) A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.

Sparnoun

(mineralogy) Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft.

Sparnoun

(mineralogy) Any crystal with no readily discernible faces.

Sparverb

to bolt, bar.

Sparverb

(transitive) To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.

Sparverb

To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.

Sparverb

To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.

Sparverb

To contest in words; to wrangle.

Sparnoun

An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was especially used in the case of the gangue minerals of a metalliferous vein.

Sparnoun

A general term any round piece of timber used as a mast, yard, boom, or gaff.

Sparnoun

Formerly, a piece of timber, in a general sense; - still applied locally to rafters.

Sparnoun

The bar of a gate or door.

Sparnoun

A contest at sparring or boxing.

Sparnoun

A movement of offense or defense in boxing.

Sparverb

To bolt; to bar.

Sparverb

To To supply or equip with spars, as a vessel.

Sparverb

To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.

Sparverb

To use the fists and arms scientifically in attack or defense; to contend or combat with the fists, as for exercise or amusement; to box.

Sparverb

To contest in words; to wrangle.

Sparnoun

any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable

Sparnoun

a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging

Sparnoun

making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer

Sparverb

furnish with spars

Sparverb

fight with spurs;

Sparverb

box lightly

Sparverb

fight verbally;

Sparnoun

a thick, strong pole such as is used for a mast or yard on a ship.

Sparnoun

the main longitudinal beam of an aeroplane wing.

Sparnoun

a period or bout of sparring.

Sparnoun

a close friend

Sparnoun

a crystalline, easily cleavable, translucent or transparent mineral.

Sparverb

make the motions of boxing without landing heavy blows, as a form of training

Sparverb

argue with someone without marked hostility

Sparverb

(of a gamecock) fight with the feet or spurs.