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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

युध् cl. 4. Ā. (Dhātup. xxvi, 64) यु/ध्यते (rarely P. °ति; cl. 1. P. योधति, AV.; Br.; Impv. यो/त्सि, RV.; pf. युयो/ध, युयुधे/, RV. &c. &c.; aor. Ved. योधि, योधत्, योधान/; अयोधीत्, योधिषत्; युत्स्महि; ep. योत्सीस्; Class. अयुद्ध; fut. योद्धा, MBh.; योत्स्यति, °ते, Br. &c.; inf. युधे/ or युध/ये, RV.; युधम्, Br.; योद्धुम्, MBh.; ind.p. -युद्ध्वी, RV.; -युध्य, MBh.),
to fight, wage war, oppose or (rarely) overcome in battle;
to fight with (instr., also with सह, समम्) or for (loc.) or against (acc.), RV. &c. &c.;
(यु/ध्यति), to go, Naigh. ii, 14;
to move, fluctuate (as waves), MaitrS. (cf. Pat. on Pāṇ. iii, 1, 85) :
Pass. युध्यते, to be fought (also impers.), Hit. (v.l.) :
Caus. योध/यति (Pāṇ. i, 3, 86; mc. also °ते; aor. अयूयुधत्, MBh.; Pass. योध्यते, ib.),
to cause to fight, lead to war, engage in battle, RV. &c. &c.;
to oppose or overcome in war, be a match for (acc.), MBh.; Kāv. &c.;
to defend, MBh. iii, 639 :
Desid. यु/युत्सति, °ते (P. in Class. only mc.), to be desirous or anxious to fight, wish to fight with (instr.), RV. &c. &c.:
Caus. of Desid. युयुत्सयति, to make desirous of fighting, Bhaṭṭ. :
Intens. योयुध्यते, योयोद्धि (cf. यवीयु/ध्) Gr.
युध् [cf. Zd. yud; Gk. ὑσ-μίνη.]
युध् m. a fighter, warrior, hero, MBh.; Hariv.
यु/ध् f. war, fight, combat, struggle, contest, RV.; &c.

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1890)

युध् 4 A. (युध्यते, युद्ध)

1 To fight, struggle, contend with, wage war; Bg. 1. 23; Bk. 5. 101.

2 To conquer or overcome in fight.

— Caus. (योधयति-ते)

1 To cause to fight.

2 To oppose or encounter in fight with; R. 12. 50.

3 To vanquish, conquer.

— Desid. (युयुत्सते) To wish to fight. WITH नि to wrestle, box.

— प्रति to encounter in fight, oppose.
युध् f. War, battle, fight, contest; निघातयिष्यन्युधि यातुधानान् Bk. 2. 21; सदसि वाक्पटुता युधि विक्रमः Bh. 2. 63.

— m. A hero, soldier.