grasp : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: grasp	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for grasp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grasp n understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices" Synonym(s): appreciation, grasp, hold the limit of capability; "within the compass of education" Synonym(s): compass, range, reach, grasp 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" Synonym(s): grip, grasp 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" Synonym(s): clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold v hold firmly Synonym(s): grasp, hold on get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" Synonym(s): grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grasp \Grasp\, n. 1. A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms. [bd]The grasps of love.[b8] --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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grasp \Grasp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grasper}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Qraspine}.] [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grasp \Grasp\, v. i. 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,