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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Grasping :: Grasping (a.) Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man..
Prehensory :: Prehensory (a.) Adapted to seize or grasp; prehensile.
Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception..
Outsider :: Outsider (n.) A locksmith's pinchers for grasping the point of a key in the keyhole, to open a door from the outside when the key is inside..
Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.
Gripple :: Gripple (n.) A grasp; a gripe.
Grasp :: Grasp (n.) The handle of a sword or of an oar.
Impalm :: Impalm (v. t.) To grasp with or hold in the hand.
Lug :: Lug (n.) That which projects like an ear, esp. that by which anything is supported, carried, or grasped, or to which a support is fastened; an ear; as, the lugs of a kettle; the lugs of a founder's flask; the lug (handle) of a jug..
Hand :: Hand (n.) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim..
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..
Take :: Take (v. t.) In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold or possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to convey..
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..
Grasp :: Grasp (v. t.) To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.
Grip :: Grip (v. t.) A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
Grasp :: Grasp (n.) Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey.
Hold :: Hold (n.) Something that may be grasped; means of support.
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword..
Engrasped :: Engrasped (imp. & p. p.) 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.
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