Definition of grasp

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Grasp (v. t.) To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.

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Hard :: Hard (superl.) Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms..
Short :: Short (superl.) Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory..
Seize :: Seize (v. t.) To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.
Holding :: Holding (n.) The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining..
Clutch :: Clutch (n.) A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp..
Knurl :: Knurl (v. t.) To provide with ridges, to assist the grasp, as in the edge of a flat knob, or coin; to mill..
Forceps :: Forceps (n.) A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc..
Vice :: Vice (n.) A gripe or grasp.
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.
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..
Grip :: Grip (v. t.) A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
Grasp :: Grasp (n.) Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp..
Clubbed :: Clubbed (a.) Shaped like a club; grasped like, or used as, a club..
Catch :: Catch (n.) Act of seizing; a grasp.
Grasp :: Grasp (v. t.) To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend.
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..
Grasping :: Grasping (a.) Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man..
Hold :: Hold (n.) Something that may be grasped; means of support.
Gripple :: Gripple (n.) A grasp; a gripe.
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