Grip : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Grip	by the DICT Development Group
8 results for Grip
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grip n 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 the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" Synonym(s): handle, grip, handgrip, hold a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes; "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him" Synonym(s): bag, traveling bag, travelling bag, grip, suitcase the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road) Synonym(s): grip, traction, adhesive friction worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made 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 a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place; "in Britain they call a bobby pin a grip" Synonym(s): bobby pin, hairgrip, grip v hold fast or firmly; "He gripped the steering wheel" to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match; "the two men grappled with each other for several minutes" Synonym(s): grapple, grip to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra" Synonym(s): fascinate, transfix, grip, spellbind
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grip \Grip\, n. 1. Specif., an apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable. 2. A gripsack; a hand bag; a satchel. [Colloq.] 3. (Med.) The influenza; grippe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grip \Grip\, v. t. [From {Grip} a grasp; or P. gripper to seize; -- of German origin. See {Gripe}, v. t.] To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grip \Grip\, n. [L. gryps, gryphus. See {Griffin}, {Grype}.] (Zo[94]l.) The griffin. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grip \Grip\, n. [Cf. AS. grip furrow, hitch, D. greb.] A small ditch or furrow. --Ray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grip \Grip\, v. t. To trench; to drain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grip \Grip\, n. [AS. gripe. Cf. {Grip}, v. t., {Gripe}, v. t.] 1. An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping. 2. A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip. 3. That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword. 4. A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
GRIP Graph Reduction In Parallel. Simon Peyton Jones's GRIP machine built at {UCL}, now at the {University of Glasgow}. It has many processors ({Motorola 68020} or other) on {Futurebus} with intelligent memory units. (1994-12-14)