grasp

grasp
v
1. grip, gripe, clutch, clench; clasp, hold, grapple, clinch; take, lay hold of, nab, seize, grab, snatch, catch at, catch.
2. comprehend, understand, apprehend, realize, Chiefly Scot. ken; perceive, apperceive, cognize, know, Sl. savvy, get, get the picture, follow, Inf. latch on or onto, Sl. dig, Brit. Si. suss out; Inf. make head or tail of.
n
3. grip, gripe, clutch, clench; grapple, clinch; clasp, handclasp, embrace.
4. scope, extent, measure, range, breadth; compass, reach, sweep, limits, bound.
5. comprehension, understanding, apprehension, realization; awareness, sense, perception, apperception, cognition; knowledge, Sl. savvy, Inf. fix, Brit. Si. suss.
6. hold, holding, possession; power, mastery, clutches

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  • Grasp — Grasp, n. 1. A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms. The grasps of love. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp. [1913 Webster] 3.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Grasp — Grasp, v. i. To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive. [1913 Webster] As one that grasped And tugged for life and was by strength subdued. Shak. [1913 Webster] {To grasp at}, to catch at; to try to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • grasp — [n1] hold, grip butt, cinch, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clutches, embrace, grapple, lug, possession, purchase, tenure; concepts 191,710 Ant. avoidance, release grasp [n2] understanding awareness, comprehension, ken, knowledge, mastery,… …   New thesaurus

  • Grasp — Grasp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grasper}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Qraspine}.] [OE. graspen; prob. akin to LG. grupsen, or to E. grope. Cf. {Grab}, {Grope}.] 1. To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • grasp — (v.) mid 14c., to reach for, feel around, possibly a metathesis of grapsen, from O.E. *græpsan to touch, feel, from P.Gmc. *grap , *grab (Cf. E.Fris. grapsen to grasp, M.Du. grapen to seize, grasp, O.E. grapian to touch, feel, grope ), from PIE… …   Etymology dictionary

  • grasp — [grasp, gräsp] vt. [ME graspen, by metathesis < * grapsen, prob. < MLowG (as in LowG, Fris grapsen), akin to Norw dial. grapsa, to scratch, ON grapa, to snatch: see GRAB] 1. to take hold of firmly with or as with the hand or arms; grip 2.… …   English World dictionary

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  • grasp — vb clutch, grab, seize, *take, snatch Analogous words: *catch, capture: apprehend, *arrest: *apprehend, comprehend grasp n *hold, grip, clutch …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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