nnoun.cognitionunderstanding with difficultyExamples:- the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings
Derivationally Related Form:grasp
Hypernyms:apprehension discernment savvy understanding
Inherited Hypernyms:graspingunderstandingknowinghigher cognitive processprocesscognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.actthe act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)Synset:prehension seizing taking hold
Derivationally Related Form:seizeprehendgraspinggrasp
Hypernyms:control
Inherited Hypernyms:graspingcontrolactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:claspclenchclutchclutchesgraspgriphold
Full Hyponyms:bear hugchokeholdclaspcuddleembracefull nelsonhalf nelsonhammerlockheadlockhugjapanese strangleholdlocknelsonscissorsstrangleholdtoeholdwrestling hold
vverb.contacthold firmlySynset:grasp hold on
Derivationally Related Form:graspinggrasp
Hypernyms:hold take hold
Inherited Hypernyms:grasphold
Direct Hyponyms:claspclinghanglatch on
Full Troponyms:claspclinchclingcuddleembraceinterlocklatch on
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.cognitionget the meaning of somethingSynset:apprehend compass comprehend dig get the picture grasp grok savvy
Examples:- Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?
Derivationally Related Form:apprehensibleapprehensionsavvygraspingcomprehensioncomprehendiblecomprehensiblegraspapprehenderapprehensive
Hypernyms:understand
Inherited Hypernyms:grokunderstand
Direct Hyponyms:catch oncotton ondigestfigureget itget ontoget wiseintuitlatch ontumbletwig
Full Troponyms:catch ondigestfigureintuit
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | Somebody ---s (apply to: get the picture) | They won't --- the story (apply to: grasp) | Sam and Sue --- the movie (apply to: grasp)
adj satadj.allimmoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealthSynset:avaricious covetous grabby greedy prehensile
Examples:- they are avaricious and will do anything for money
- casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields
- a grasping old miser
- grasping commercialism
- greedy for money and power
- grew richer and greedier
- prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees
Antonyms:unacquisitive
Derivationally Related Form:greedgraspingavariciousnessgreedinesscovetousnessavarice
Inherited Hypernyms:avaricious
Similar to:acquisitive