Grasp Definition
grăsp
grasped, grasping, grasps
verb
grasped, grasping, grasps
To reach for and try to seize.
Webster's New World
To take hold of firmly with or as with the hand or arms; grip.
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To take hold of eagerly or greedily; seize.
Webster's New World
To accept eagerly.
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To take hold of mentally; understand; comprehend.
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noun
grasps
The act of grasping; grip or clasp of the hand or arms.
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A firm hold; control; possession.
Webster's New World
An embrace.
American Heritage
The power to hold or seize; reach.
Webster's New World
Power of understanding; comprehension.
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abbreviation
(software, object-oriented design) Acronym of General Responsibility Assignment Software Patterns (Principles).
Wiktionary
idiom
grasp
- To search in desperation for a solution to a difficulty.
American Heritage
grasp the nettle
- To take on a difficult problem directly and energetically.
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Grasp
Origin of Grasp
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Originally "to feel around", possibly metathesis of Old English græpsan "to touch, feel," from Proto-Germanic *graipison.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English graspen ghrebh-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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