Definition of grasp

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Grasp (v. i.) To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive.

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Handful :: Handful (n.) As much as the hand will grasp or contain.
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..
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.
Comprehension :: Comprehension (n.) The capacity of the mind to perceive and understand; the power, act, or process of grasping with the intellect; perception; understanding; as, a comprehension of abstract principles..
Hold :: Hold (n.) The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay..
Impalm :: Impalm (v. t.) To grasp with or hold in the hand.
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..
Graaper :: Graaper (n.) One who grasps or seizes; one who catches or holds.
Engrasped :: Engrasped (imp. & p. p.) of Engras.
Cheliform :: Cheliform (a.) Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike..
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..
Handfast :: Handfast (n.) Hold; grasp; custody; power of confining or keeping.
Gripple :: Gripple (n.) A grasp; a gripe.
Catch :: Catch (n.) Act of seizing; a grasp.
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..
Grip :: Grip (v. t.) A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
Prehensory :: Prehensory (a.) Adapted to seize or grasp; prehensile.
Clutch :: Clutch (v. i.) To reach (at something) as if to grasp; to catch or snatch; -- often followed by at.
Graspable :: Graspable (a.) Capable of being grasped.
Grasp :: Grasp (n.) Forcible possession; hold.
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