Results for grasp

Definitions of grasp:

part of speech: noun

Gripe of the hand: reach of the arms: power of seizure.

part of speech: verb transitive

To seize and hold by clasping with the fingers or arms: to catch at.

part of speech: verb

To grip or seize the hand; to catch at; to lay hold of greedily; to encroach.

part of speech: noun

A seizure of the hand; power of seizure; hold; mental capacity.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To endeavor to seize: to catch ( followed by at).

part of speech: noun

The grip or seizure of the hand; hold or possession; power of seizing.

part of speech: verb transitive

To seize or catch at; hold by clasping or contracting; as, grasp the rope quickly; to take hold of mentally, or understand.

Usage examples for grasp:

• I strove to grasp this love; smoke, smoke. "Arms and the Woman", Harold MacGrath

• As he spoke, he clung to the smith's arm, and when the latter tried to release himself from his grasp said earnestly: " We will not follow their example!" "The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers", Georg Ebers

• But she was out of my grasp "Montlivet", Alice Prescott Smith

• We can grasp but a part of truth; and in order to grasp that part firmly, we have to absolutely let other truth go. "Joy in Service; Forgetting, and Pressing Onward; Until the Day Dawn", George Tybout Purves