graspverb [ T ]
uk/ɡrɑːsp/us/ɡræsp/grasp verb [ T ] (TAKE)
C1 to quickly take something in your hand(s) and hold it firmly:
If you grasp an opportunity, you take it eagerly:
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- She suddenly grasped my arm and looked at me.
- I grasped the gun with both hands and took aim.
- The baby stretched out a tiny hand and grasped my finger tightly.
- Feeling herself falling, she grasped the rail with both hands.
- The eagle swooped down and grasped the rabbit in its sharp talons.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Having in your hands
- ahold
- arm
- clasp
- clench
- cling
- cradle
- cup
- dandle
- enfold
- glove
- hand
- hand in hand idiom
- handle
- hang
- hang on
- hang/hold on like grim death idiom
- hold
- hold on
- pinion
- seize
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grasp verb [ T ] (UNDERSTAND)
C1 to understand something, especially something difficult:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Understanding and comprehending
- apprehend
- apprehension
- at your fingertips idiom
- attune
- bear in on/upon
- common
- fathom
- feel
- fingertip
- hit
- make sth/sb of sth/sb
- make sth/sb out
- mind
- picture
- plumb
- read between the lines idiom
- reading
- realization
- take sth in
- twig
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Idiom(s)
Phrasal verb(s)
graspnoun
uk/ɡrɑːsp/us/ɡræsp/grasp noun (HOLD)
C2 [ S ] the act of holding onto someone or something:
C2 [ U ] the ability to get, achieve, or keep something:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Having in your hands
- ahold
- arm
- clasp
- clench
- cling
- cradle
- cup
- dandle
- enfold
- glove
- hand
- hand in hand idiom
- handle
- hang
- hang on
- hang/hold on like grim death idiom
- hold
- hold on
- pinion
- seize
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grasp noun (UNDERSTANDING)
C2 [ S or U ] understanding:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Understanding and comprehending
- apprehend
- apprehension
- at your fingertips idiom
- attune
- bear in on/upon
- common
- fathom
- feel
- fingertip
- hit
- make sth/sb of sth/sb
- make sth/sb out
- mind
- picture
- plumb
- read between the lines idiom
- reading
- realization
- take sth in
- twig
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