grasp

Speech parts

1. grasp - Noun

2. grasp - Verb

3. Grasp - Proper noun

Meaning

To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.

To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend.

To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive.

A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms.

Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp.

Forcible possession; hold.

Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey.

The handle of a sword or of an oar.

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Grasp the subject, the words will follow. Cato the Elder

But he, that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose. Anne Brontë

Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle. James Russell Lowell

Give a clown your finger he'll grasp your fist. Italian Proverb

Grasp all, lose all. Portuguese Proverb

Who takes an eel by the tail or a woman by her word, grasp as he will, holds nothing fast. German Proverb

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