Thesaurus: grip

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1. n. The griffin.
2. n. A small ditch or furrow.
3. v. t. To trench; to drain.
4. v. t. An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.
5. v. t. A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip.
6. v. t. That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.
7. v. t. A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
8. v. t. To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.
9. n. the act of grasping
10. n. the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
11. n. a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
12. n. the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)