Definition of grasp

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Grasp (n.) Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey.

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Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite..
Tantalus :: Tantalus (n.) A Phrygian king who was punished in the lower world by being placed in the midst of a lake whose waters reached to his chin but receded whenever he attempted to allay his thirst, while over his head hung branches laden with choice fruit which likewise receded whenever he stretched out his hand to grasp them..
Clubbed :: Clubbed (a.) Shaped like a club; grasped like, or used as, a club..
Port :: Port (v. t.) To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms..
Grasp :: Grasp (v. t.) To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.
Prehensile :: Prehensile (n.) Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey..
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..
Impalm :: Impalm (v. t.) To grasp with or hold in the hand.
Grasp :: Grasp (n.) Forcible possession; hold.
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword..
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..
Clasper :: Clasper (n.) One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping the female among many of the Crustacea.
Miser :: Miser (n.) A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard..
Clasp :: Clasp (n.) A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand..
Prehensory :: Prehensory (a.) Adapted to seize or grasp; prehensile.
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..
Grasp :: Grasp (v. i.) To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive.
Grip :: Grip (v. t.) An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.
Graspable :: Graspable (a.) Capable of being grasped.
Grab :: Grab (n.) A sudden grasp or seizure.
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