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Definitions for Grasp

[1] to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
[2] to seize upon; hold firmly.
[3] to get hold of mentally; comprehend; understand: I don't grasp your meaning.
[4] to make an attempt to seize, or a motion of seizing, something (usually followed by at or for ): a drowning man grasping at straws; to grasp for an enemy's rifle.
[5] the act of grasping or gripping, as with the hands or arms: to make a grasp at something.
[6] a hold or grip: to have a firm grasp of a rope.
[7] one's arms or hands, in embracing or gripping: He took her in his grasp.
[8] one's power of seizing and holding; reach: to have a thing within one's grasp.
[9] hold, possession, or mastery: to wrest power from the grasp of a usurper.
[10] mental hold or capacity; power to understand.
[11] broad or thorough comprehension: a good grasp of computer programming.
[12] to grip (something) firmly with or as if with the hands
[13] (when intr, often foll by at ) to struggle, snatch, or grope (for)
[14] (tr) to understand, esp with effort
[15] the act of grasping
[16] a grip or clasp, as of a hand
[17] the capacity to accomplish (esp in the phrase within one's grasp )
[18] total rule or possession
[19] understanding; comprehension

Words related to Grasp

mastery, knowledge, awareness, comprehension, grip, clutch, clasp, appreciate, perceive, accept, fathom, comprehend, realize, possession, purchase, tenure, clinch, butt, grapple, embrace

Words nearby Grasp

grappling iron, graptolite, grapy, gras, grasmere, grasp, grasp (clutch) at straws, grasp at straws, grasp reflex, grasping, grass

Origin of Grasp

1350–1400; Middle English graspen, grapsen; cognate with Low German grapsen; akin to Old English gegræppian to seize (see grapple)

Other words from Grasp

grasp·a·ble , adjective
grasp·er , noun
grasp·less , adjective
re·grasp , verb (used with object)
un·grasp·a·ble , adjective
un·grasped , adjective

Word origin for Grasp

C14: from Low German grapsen; related to Old English græppian to seize, Old Norse grāpa to steal

Synonyms for Grasp

butt, cinch, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clutches, embrace, grapple, lug, possession, purchase, tenure