hold tight, grip; grab hold; understand, comprehend
grip, clasp, hold; understanding, knowledge, realization
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Grasp Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Grasp Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.
To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.
(v. t.)
To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend.
To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend.
(v. i.)
To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive.
To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive.
(n.)
Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey.
Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey.
(n.)
The handle of a sword or of an oar.
The handle of a sword or of an oar.
(n.)
Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp.
Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp.
(n.)
Forcible possession; hold.
Forcible possession; hold.
(n.)
A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms.
grasp
\grasp\, n.
1. a gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms. "the grasps of love."
2. reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp.
3. forcible possession; hold. the whole space that's in the tyrant's grasp.
4. wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey. the foremost minds of the next era were not, in power of grasp, equal to their predecessors. --z. taylor.
5. the handle of a sword or of an oar.
grasp
\grasp\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. grasper (?); p. pr. & vb. n. qraspine.] [oe. graspen; prob. akin to lg. grupsen, or to e. grope. cf. grab, grope.] 1. to seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of. thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff.
2. to lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend.
grasp
\grasp\, v. i. to effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive. as one that grasped and tugged for life and was by strength subdued.
similar words(1)
to grasp at
Angad = n. grasp of the hand
Dygrenu = v. to grasp
Gafael = n. a hold, a grasp
Gafaelu = v. to hold, to grasp
Lloflen = n. the palm, or grasp
Man-galed = a. of a hard grasp
Neddair = n. a grasp of the hand
Noun
1. understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices"
(synonym) appreciation, hold
(hypernym) understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
(hyponym) sense
(derivation) get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, compass, apprehend
2. the limit of capability; "within the compass of education"
(synonym) compass, range, reach
(hypernym) capability, capableness, potentiality
(hyponym) sight, ken
3. a firm controlling influence; "they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities"; "he was in the grip of a powerful emotion"; "a terrible power had her in its grasp"
(synonym) grip
(hypernym) influence
(hyponym) tentacle
4. 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 railing"
(synonym) clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grip, hold
(hypernym) grasping, taking hold, seizing, prehension
(hyponym) chokehold, choke hold
(derivation) hold on
Verb
1. hold firmly
(synonym) hold on
(hypernym) hold, take hold
(hyponym) cling, hang
(derivation) clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grip, hold
2. get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
(synonym) get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, compass, apprehend
(hypernym) understand
(hyponym) figure
(derivation) appreciation, hold
Grasp Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
general retrieval and sort processor
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Grasp Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Grasp may refer to:
- GRASP (multimedia authoring software), a multimedia authoring software
- GRASP (SAT solver), a SAT instance solver
- GRASP (object-oriented design), General Responsibility Assignment Software Patterns (or Principles)
- GRASP: Generalized Reflector Antenna farm analysis Software Package, a software package by Ticra
- Greedy randomized adaptive search procedure
- Given, Required, Analysis, Solution, and Paraphrase
- Great Apes Survival Project
- Grace St. Paul's Episcopal Church or GraSP Church, an Episcopal church in Trenton, New Jersey, USA
- Graphical Representation and Analysis of Structural Properties, a molecular visualization and analysis program
- GRASP, the previous version of Jgrasp, a graphical source code editor
- Glaciogenic Reservoir Analogue Studies Project, a collaborative project in glacially-related sedimentary systems.
- USNS Grasp (T-ARS-51) - a United States Navy salvage ship
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The Great Apes Survival Project (GRASP), established in 2001, aims to conserve the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans) and their habitat — primarily forested tropical ecosystems that provide important services to humanity, through pro-poor conservation and sustainable development strategies.
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Grasp Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
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