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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Impalm :: Impalm (v. t.) To grasp with or hold in the hand.
Graaper :: Graaper (n.) One who grasps or seizes; one who catches or holds.
Grasping :: Grasping (a.) Seizing; embracing; catching.
Handfast :: Handfast (n.) Hold; grasp; custody; power of confining or keeping.
Hold :: Hold (n.) Something that may be grasped; means of support.
Gripple :: Gripple (n.) A grasp; a gripe.
Prehension :: Prehension (n.) The act of taking hold, seizing, or grasping, as with the hand or other member..
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..
Girdle :: Girdle (n.) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant..
Griff :: Griff (n.) Grasp; reach.
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
Knurl :: Knurl (v. t.) To provide with ridges, to assist the grasp, as in the edge of a flat knob, or coin; to mill..
Clasper :: Clasper (n.) One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping the female among many of the Crustacea.
Clutch :: Clutch (n.) The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary..
Seizing :: Seizing (n.) The act of taking or grasping suddenly.
Clinch :: Clinch (n.) The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a clinch..
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword..
Curmudgeon :: Curmudgeon (n.) An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl..
Miser :: Miser (n.) A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard..
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