Definition of grasp

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Grasp (n.) Forcible possession; hold.

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Hold :: Hold (n.) Something that may be grasped; means of support.
Clinch :: Clinch (v. i.) To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.
Grip :: Grip (v. t.) A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
Clubbed :: Clubbed (a.) Shaped like a club; grasped like, or used as, a club..
Girdle :: Girdle (n.) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant..
Grasp :: Grasp (n.) The handle of a sword or of an oar.
Jaw :: "Jaw (n.) One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a stone-crushing machine..
Clamp :: Clamp (n.) One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising..
Griff :: Griff (n.) Grasp; reach.
Seizure :: Seizure (n.) Retention within one's grasp or power; hold; possession; ownership.
Short :: Short (superl.) Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory..
Handygripe :: Handygripe (n.) Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters in fighting..
Gripple :: Gripple (n.) A grasp; a gripe.
Catch :: Catch (n.) Act of seizing; a grasp.
Seizure :: Seizure (n.) The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc..
Prehension :: Prehension (n.) The act of taking hold, seizing, or grasping, as with the hand or other member..
Impalm :: Impalm (v. t.) To grasp with or hold in the hand.
Engrasping :: Engrasping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engras.
Seize :: Seize (v. t.) To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.
Grasp :: Grasp (n.) Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp..
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