Wrestling Definition–noun | 1. | a sport in which two opponents struggle hand to hand in order to pin or press each other's shoulders to the mat or ground, with the style, rules, and regulations differing widely in amateur and professional matches. Compare catch-as-catch-can (def. 3), Greco-Roman (def. 3). | | 2. | the act of a person who wrestles. | |
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Mat Definition–noun | 1. | a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc. | | 2. | a smaller piece of material, often ornamental, set under a dish of food, a lamp, vase, etc. | | 3. | Sports. | a. | the padded canvas covering the entire floor of a wrestling ring, for protecting the contestants from injury when thrown. | | b. | a thick pad placed on the floor for the protection of tumblers and others engaged in gymnastic sports. | | | 4. | a thickly growing or thick and tangled mass, as of hair or weeds. | | 5. | a sack made of matting, as for coffee or sugar. | | 6. | a slablike footing of concrete, esp. one for an entire building. | | 7. | a heavy mesh reinforcement for a concrete slab. | –verb (used with object) | 8. | to cover with or as if with mats or matting. | | 9. | to form into a mat, as by interweaving. | –verb (used without object) | 10. | to become entangled; form tangled masses. | —Idiom | 11. | go to the mat, to contend or struggle in a determined or unyielding way: The President is going to the mat with Congress over the proposed budget cuts. | |
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