Meaning of "fight"

fight •

v.
• • 1. to contend with another: lumaban, maglaban, makipaglaban, labanan, paglabanan
  • 2. to quarrel or fight (either in words or action): mag-away, makipag-away, pagawayan
  • 3. to fight one another with the fists: magsuntukan
  • 4. to eradicate: lumipol, lipulin, pumuksa, puksain

n.
• • 1. quarrel: away, awayan, basag-ulo, laban, labanan
  • 2. a war: digmaan, gera, giyera
  • 3. fist fight: suntukan
  • 4. a struggle: pagpupunyagi, pagpupumilit
  • 5. a contest: timpalak, paligsahan

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war

n.
• • 1. a fight carried on by force between nations or parts of a nation: digma, digmaan, gera, giyera
  • 2. a fighting, strife, conflict: labanan, paglaban, paglalaban, pakikilaban, paghahamok, pakikihamok

v.
• • to fight, to make war: magdigma, magdigmaan, makidigma, digmain, maggera, maggiyera, gerahin, giyerahin

adj.
• • used in war, having to do with war: gamit sa digma(digmaan, gera), may kinalaman sa digmaan, pandigma

box

n.
• • 1. a blow with an open hand: tampal, sampal
  • 2. a blow with a fist: suntok, buntal
  • 3. a blow at the back of the head, nape: dagok

v.
• • 1. to fight with fists: magsuntukan, makipagsuntukan, makipagboksing, magbuntalan, makipagbuntalan
  • 2. to slap with open hand: sumampal, sampalin (on the cheek), tumampal, tampalin
  • 3. to punch: sumuntok, suntukin, bumoksing, boksingin

rebel

n.
• • a person who resists or fights against authority instead of obeying: manghihimagsik, rebelde, insurekto

adj.
• • defying law or authority: mapaghimagsik, mapanghimagsik, nanghihimagsik, naghihimagsik

v.
• • 1. to rebel, to resist or fight against law or authority: maghimagsik, manghimagsik, paghimagsikan, magrebelde, pagrebeldehan
  • 2. to feel a great dislike or opposition: tumutol, tutulan

tooth

n.
• • 1. one of the hard bonelike parts in the mouth: ngipin
  • 2. a molar tooth: bagang
  • 3. something like a tooth: ngipin

v.
• • 1. to put teeth on, cut teeth on: magngipin, ngipinan, maglagay (lagyan) ng ngipin
  • 2. to fight tooth and nail, to fight fiercely, with all ones force: makipaglabang (lumabang) mabuti

competition

n.
• • timpalak, fight or struggle: labanan, tunggalian

fence

n.
• • something put around a yard to keep out people or animals: bakod

v.
• • to put a fence around: magbakod, bakuran to fight with swords: mag-eskrima, mag-eskoda.

combat

n.
• • 1. a fight, struggle: laban, labanan, paglalaban
  • 2. a battle: pagbabaka, paghahamok, pakikibaka
  • 3. a combat against disease, pests, etc.: pagpuksa, pagsugpo, pagbaka

v.
• • 1. to fight, to struggle, to battle: lumaban, labanan
  • 2. to stop, to suppress, e.g. disease, pests, etc.: pumuksa, puksain, sumugpo, sugpuin

awat

n.
• • pacification of quarreling people mang-awat, umawat, awatin (mang-, um-:-in)

v.
• • to pacify a quarrel, to stand between a fight. Awatin mo sina Ben at David. Pacify Ben and David.

bakbakan

(-an) v.
• • to remove the bark or thick skin of something, to chastise (someone) bakbakan

n.
• • fight, altercation (slang)

laban

prep.
• • against. Laban sa kanya. Against him.

v.
• • lumaban (-um-) to fight against. Lumaban siya sa digmaan. He fought in the war.