GRASP

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

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Etymology

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• (grip): clasp, grip, hold tight; See also grasp

• (understand): comprehend, fathom

• (take advantage): jump at the chance, jump on

Noun

grasp (plural grasps)

(sometimes, figurative) Grip.

Understanding.

That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability.

Anagrams

• ARPGs, sprag

Proper noun

GRASP

(software, object-oriented design) Acronym of General Responsibility Assignment Software Patterns (“General Responsibility Assignment Software Patterns (or Principles)”).

Anagrams

• ARPGs, sprag

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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