Definitions for grasp

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grasp grasp

Spelling: [grasp, grahsp]

IPA: /græsp, grɑsp/

Grasp is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 68 anagrams from letters in grasp (agprs).

Definitions for grasp

noun

1. the act of grasping or gripping, as with the hands or arms:
2. a hold or grip:
3. one's arms or hands, in embracing or gripping:
4. one's power of seizing and holding; reach:
5. hold, possession, or mastery:
6. mental hold or capacity; power to understand.
7. broad or thorough comprehension:

verb (used with object)

1. to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
2. to seize upon; hold firmly.
3. to get hold of mentally; comprehend; understand:

verb (used without object)

1. to make an attempt to seize, or a motion of seizing, something (usually followed by at or for):

Origin of grasp

1350-1400; Middle English graspen, grapsen; cognate with Low German grapsen; akin to Old English gegræppian to seize (see grapple)

Examples for grasp

His grasp did not bruise, it did not seem to be tight; but the hand that held it was immovable.

But opting for immediate gratification and having the universe influence our agenda keep long-term goals outside our grasp.

Instead, he wanted viewers to grasp that “this spring from which Mother Courage drank death was a polluted one.”

How will he despise what he can grasp, for the sake of the dim glory that eludes him!

And the more she is forced to recount, the more her grasp of reality slips, or heightens, depending on your point of view.

No one will deny that the Buddhist, the Mahometan, the Confucianist, have their grasp of truth.

Haley had grasped him by the shoulder, and in his grasp the boy's strength was nothing.

Just a few months ago my 3-year-old son, mid-tantrum, broke my grasp to run from me in a crowded subway station.

The grasp on the sabre would tighten; the quiet eyes would flash.

His grasp of details delighted Uncle Peter and surprised Coplen.