Thesaurus: grasp

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1. v. t. To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.
2. v. t. To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend.
3. v. i. To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive.
4. n. A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms.
5. n. Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp.
6. n. Forcible possession; hold.
7. n. Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey.
8. n. The handle of a sword or of an oar.
9. n. understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
10. n. the limit of capability
11. n. an intellectual hold or understanding
12. n. the act of grasping