grasp

grasp has 14 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• v. t.. To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.
• v. t.. To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend.
• v. i.. To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive.
• n.. A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms.
• n.. Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp.
• n.. Forcible possession; hold.
• n.. Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey.
• n.. The handle of a sword or of an oar.
• 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"
• n.. 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"
• n.. the limit of capability; "within the compass of education"
• n.. understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices"