clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold
(noun) the act of grasping; “he released his clasp on my arm”; “he has a strong grip for an old man”; “she kept a firm hold on the railing”
grip, grasp
(noun) an intellectual hold or understanding; “a good grip on French history”; “they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities”; “he was in the grip of a powerful emotion”; “a terrible power had her in its grasp”
compass, range, reach, grasp
(noun) the limit of capability; “within the compass of education”
appreciation, grasp, hold
(noun) understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; “he has a good grasp of accounting practices”
grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend
(verb) get the meaning of something; “Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?”
grasp, hold on
(verb) hold firmly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
grasp (third-person singular simple present grasps, present participle grasping, simple past and past participle grasped)
To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
To understand.
To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.
• (grip): clasp, grip, hold tight; See also grasp
• (understand): comprehend, fathom
• (take advantage): jump at the chance, jump on
grasp (plural grasps)
(sometimes, figurative) Grip.
Understanding.
That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability.
• ARPGs, sprag
GRASP
(software, object-oriented design) Acronym of General Responsibility Assignment Software Patterns (“General Responsibility Assignment Software Patterns (or Principles)”).
• ARPGs, sprag
Source: Wiktionary
Grasp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grasper; p. pr. & vb. n. Qraspine.] Etym: [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 of. Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff. Shak.
2. To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend.
Grasp, v. i.
Definition: To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive. As one that grasped And tugged for life and was by strength subdued. Shak. To grasp at, to catch at; to try to seize; as, Alexander grasped at universal empire,
Grasp, n.
1. A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms. "The grasps of love." Shak.
2. Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp.
3. Forcible possession; hold. The whole space that's in the tyrant's grasp. Shak.
4. Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey. The foremost minds of the next . . . era were not, in power of grasp, equal to their predecessors. Z. Taylor.
5. The handle of a sword or of an oar.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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