Chang Style Novice
04-14-2004, 09:10 AM
only partial definitions provided to limit discussion to ma related uses ofthese verbs.
Grapple: (Grappling)
transitive senses
1 : to seize with or as if with a grapple
2 : to come to grips with : WRESTLE
3 : to bind closely
Wrest: (Wrestling)
1 : to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements
And for the Qin Na (Seizing, Locking) guys
Seize:
3 a : to possess or take by force : CAPTURE b : to take prisoner : ARREST
4 a : to take hold of : CLUTCH b : to possess oneself of : GRASP c : to understand fully and distinctly : APPREHEND
5 a : to attack or overwhelm physically : AFFLICT <suddenly seized with an acute illness -- H. G. Armstrong> b : to possess (as one's mind) completely or overwhelmingly <seized the popular imagination -- Basil Davenport>
Lock:
3 a : to make fast, motionless, or inflexible especially by the interlacing or interlocking of parts <lock wheels> <lock a knee> b : to hold in a close embrace c : to grapple in combat; also : to bind closely <administration and students were locked in conflict>
Grapple: (Grappling)
transitive senses
1 : to seize with or as if with a grapple
2 : to come to grips with : WRESTLE
3 : to bind closely
Wrest: (Wrestling)
1 : to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements
And for the Qin Na (Seizing, Locking) guys
Seize:
3 a : to possess or take by force : CAPTURE b : to take prisoner : ARREST
4 a : to take hold of : CLUTCH b : to possess oneself of : GRASP c : to understand fully and distinctly : APPREHEND
5 a : to attack or overwhelm physically : AFFLICT <suddenly seized with an acute illness -- H. G. Armstrong> b : to possess (as one's mind) completely or overwhelmingly <seized the popular imagination -- Basil Davenport>
Lock:
3 a : to make fast, motionless, or inflexible especially by the interlacing or interlocking of parts <lock wheels> <lock a knee> b : to hold in a close embrace c : to grapple in combat; also : to bind closely <administration and students were locked in conflict>