<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo.</li><li>participation in such hostile encounters or engagements: wounds received in battle.</li><li>a fight between two persons or animals: ordering a trial by battle to settle the dispute.</li><li>any conflict or struggle: a battle for control of the Senate.</li><li>Archaic: a battalion.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to engage in battle: ready to battle with the enemy.</li><li>to work very hard or struggle; strive: to battle for freedom.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to fight (a person, army, cause, etc.): We battled strong winds and heavy rains in our small boat.</li><li>to force or accomplish by fighting, struggling, etc.: He battled his way to the top of his profession.</li></ul>