meaning of grasp
1. To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.
2. To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend.
3. To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive.
4. A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms.
5. Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp.
6. Forcible possession; hold.
7. Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey.
8. The handle of a sword or of an oar.
9. the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the
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Related Words
grasp | graspable | grasper | grasping | graspless |
