[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.", "to use a grapple.", "to seize another, or each other, in a firm grip, as in wrestling; clinch.", "to engage in a struggle or close encounter (usually followed bywith):He was grappling with a boy twice his size.", "to try to overcome or deal (usually followed bywith):to grapple with a problem.Synonyms: tussle , cope , wrestle , contend , struggle"]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to seize, hold, or fasten with or as with a grapple.", "to seize in a grip, take hold of:The thug grappled him around the neck."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a hook or an iron instrument by which one thing, as a ship, fastens onto another; grapnel.", "a seizing or gripping.", "a grip or close hold in wrestling or hand-to-hand fighting.", "a close, hand-to-hand fight."]}]