Definition of grasp

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Grasp (n.) Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp..

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Grasp :: Grasp (n.) The handle of a sword or of an oar.
Pinchers :: Pinchers (n. pl.) An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held fast, drawing nails, etc..
Seize :: Seize (v. t.) To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.
Griff :: Griff (n.) Grasp; reach.
Grasp :: Grasp (n.) Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey.
Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception..
Grasp :: Grasp (v. t.) To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.
Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain..
Handygripe :: Handygripe (n.) Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters in fighting..
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
Grasp :: Grasp (n.) Forcible possession; hold.
Seizure :: Seizure (n.) Retention within one's grasp or power; hold; possession; ownership.
Reach :: Reach (v. t.) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear..
Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite..
Miser :: Miser (n.) A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard..
Catch :: Catch (n.) Act of seizing; a grasp.
Graaper :: Graaper (n.) One who grasps or seizes; one who catches or holds.
Holding :: Holding (n.) The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining..
Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.
Grasping :: Grasping (a.) Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man..
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