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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : grasp, grahsp
Phonetic Transcription : græsp, grɑsp



Definition of grasp

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "to reach for, feel around," possibly a metathesis of grapsen, from Old English *græpsan "to touch, feel," from Proto-Germanic *grap-, *grab- (cf. East Frisian grapsen "to grasp," Middle Dutch grapen "to seize, grasp," Old English grapian "to touch, feel, grope"), from PIE root *ghrebh- (see grab). Sense of "seize" first recorded mid-16c. Figurative use from c.1600; of intellectual matters from 1680s. Related: Grasped; grasping. The noun is from 1560s.
  • noun hold, grip
  • noun understanding
  • verb grab
  • verb understand
Example sentences :
  • His grasp did not bruise, it did not seem to be tight; but the hand that held it was immovable.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • His grasp of details delighted Uncle Peter and surprised Coplen.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Haley had grasped him by the shoulder, and in his grasp the boy's strength was nothing.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • No one will deny that the Buddhist, the Mahometan, the Confucianist, have their grasp of truth.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • How will he despise what he can grasp, for the sake of the dim glory that eludes him!
  • Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • He did not love his neighbor enough to grasp the facts of the case.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • He leaped toward Garson—would have wrenched the pistol from the other's grasp.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • He thrust it back into his pocket, but his hand retained its grasp of it.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Here, professor, throw off that coat and nglig manner, and grasp this spade.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • As they grasp the hands held out to them they exclaim, "God bless you!"
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes

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