Meaning

• A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task.

• Strife, contention, great effort.

Meaning

• To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.

  "During the centuries, the people of Ireland struggled constantly to assert their right to govern themselves."

• To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

  "She struggled to escape from her assailant's grasp."