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Definitions for Graspable
[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 Graspable
graspcomprehensible, unambiguous, luminous, brilliant, bright, lucid, precise, straightforward, distinct, clear-cut, explicit, transparent, evident, simple, unequivocal, unmistakable, coherent, definite, obvious, sharp
Words nearby Graspable
graspgrappling iron, graptolite, grapy, gras, grasmere, grasp, grasp (clutch) at straws, grasp at straws, grasp reflex, grasping, grass
Origin of Graspable
1350–1400; Middle English graspen, grapsen; cognate with Low German grapsen; akin to Old English gegræppian to seize (see grapple)
Other words from Graspable
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 Graspable
C14: from Low German grapsen; related to Old English græppian to seize, Old Norse grāpa to steal
Synonyms for Graspable
comprehensible, apprehensible, clear, distinct, fathomable, knowable, lucid, luminous, obvious, open, plain, unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable