Grasp

Definition: Grasp

Grasp

Noun

1. Understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices".

2. The limit of capability; "within the compass of education".

3. A firm controlling influence; "he was in the grip of a powerful emotion" or "a terrible power had her its grasp".

4. 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".

Verb

1. Hold firmly.

2. Get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?".

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Date "grasp" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Medicine

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GRASP

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Synonyms: Grasp

Authority

Hold, grasp; grip, gripe; reach; iron sway; (severity); fangs, clutches, talons; rod of empire; (scepter).

Greed

Verb: covet, crave (desire); grasp; exact, extort.

Intelligibility

Understand, comprehend, take, take in; catch, grasp, follow, collect, master, make out; see with half an eye, see daylight, see one's way; enter into the ideas of; come to an understanding.

Parsimony

Drive a bargain, drive a hard bargain; cheapen, beat down; stop one hole in a sieve; have an itching palm, grasp, grab.

Retention

Verb: retain, keep; hold fast one's own, hold tight one's own, hold fast one's ground, hold tight one's ground; clinch, clench, clutch, grasp, gripe, hug, have a firm hold of.

Noun: retention; retaining; Verb: keep, detention, custody; tenacity, firm hold, grasp, gripe, grip, iron grip.

Tenacity

Noun: {ant. } tenacity, toughness, strength; (cohesion); grip, grasp, stickiness, (cohesion); sequacity; stubbornness. (obstinacy); glue, cement, glutinousness, sequaciousness, viscidity, (semiliquidity).

Grip, grasp, stick (cohesion).

Crosswords: Grasp

Two hobbits, and the Ring of Power within my grasp. A chance for Faramir, Captain of Gondor, to show his quality (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

That's what you fail to grasp. And in business, you must have something to trade (Road to Perdition; writing credit: Max Allan Collins; Richard Piers Rayner)

While I have fingers to grasp a sword, and eyes to see your cowardly faces, your treacherous heads will not be safe on your shoulders (The Conqueror; writing credit: Oscar Millard)

I run to grasp divining signs (THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING; performing artist: King Crimson)

If there's one spark of hope left in my grasp (I Still Believe; performing artist: Mariah Carey)

So come on, every guy grasp a girl ("Dancing in the Street"; performing artist: Martha & The Vandellas)

In Treason's Grasp (1917)

The Grasp of Greed (1916)

In the Grasp of the Law (1915)

Open Letter: Grasp the Bird's Tail (1992)

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Books

• Beyond Hollywood's Grasp (reference)

• Fifty Years of the Supreme Court of India: Its Grasp and Reach (reference)

• Grasp a Nettle [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

• Grasp Tight the Old Ways: Selections from the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art (reference)

• Insights into the Reach to Grasp Movement (reference)

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Periodicals

• Grasp (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Rome -- Power & Glory: Vol. 4 -- Grasp of Empire (reference)

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Music

• Knee Deep in Hell's Grasp (reference)

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Vigorously grasp the economic class struggle, start a new upsurge in production by helping each other reach new heights. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Whensoever therefore the legislative shall transgress this fundamental rule of society; and either by ambition, fear, folly or corruption, endeavour to grasp themselves, or put into the hands of any other, an absolute power over the lives, liberties, and estates of the people; by this breach of trust they forfeit the power the people had put into their hands for quite contrary ends, and it devolves to the people, who. (Second Treatise of Government)

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I grasp both truths by intuition

He couldn't grasp it. He decided to start smaller again

The grasp, cold as it was, took away what was dreariest in the interview

Such are these immense chances, proportioned to an infinity, which we cannot grasp.

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Health

Grasp the tick as close to the skin surface as possible and pull upward with steady, even pressure. (references)

Business

As for the smaller ports, their authorities are less likely to grasp the finer nuances and etiquette of conducting international business during this initial phase. (references)

Economic History

Turkey

The court system is overburdened, however, sometimes resulting in slow decisions and judges lacking sufficient time to grasp complex issues. (references)

Moldova

Although requiring more effort and commitment than other options, such a strategy may give U.S. businesses a better grasp of the Moldovan market. (references)

Serbia and Montenegro

An essential element of Milosevic's grasp on power is his control of the Serbian police, a heavily armed force of some 100,000 that is responsible for internal security and which reportedly has commited numerous serious human rights abuses. (references)

Travel

Portugal

This is done partly to be careful (conservative) but also to demonstrate their grasp of the matter - - exhibiting pedantic merit rather than pragmatic merit. (references)

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Expressions using "grasp": beyond one's grasp ♦ escape from smb.'s grasp ♦ grasp all lose all ♦ grasp at ♦ grasp at straws ♦ grasp fully ♦ grasp in the hand ♦ grasp the nettle ♦ grasp the occasion ♦ grasp the point ♦ have a good grasp of smth. ♦ have smb. within one's grasp ♦ he has a good grasp ♦ horizontal grasp ♦ in one's grasp ♦ it is beyond my grasp ♦ it is within your grasp ♦ precision grasp ♦ To grasp at ♦ unclasp one's grasp ♦ within his grasp ♦ within one's grasp ♦ within the grasp of. Additional references.

Ending with "grasp": light-grasp.

Afrikaans

gryp (clutch, grab, grip, seize), bemagtig (clutch, grab, grip, seize). (various references)

Albanian

zotërim (assimilation, command, dominance, domination, enjoyment, holding, keeping, lordship, mastership, mastery, occupancy, occupation, ownership, possession, tenure), shtrëngoj (bind, brace, buckle, clamp, clasp, clench, clip, clutch, coerce, compel, compress, constrict, enforce, fasten, force, grapple, grip, gripe, hold, hug, jam, keep, oblige, pinch, press, restrict, screw, shake, squash, squeeze, strain, strangle, tighten, vice, wring), shtrëngim (clutch, coercion, compulsion, constriction, constringency, contraction, fastening, grip, gripe, griping, hug, jam, jamming, jaw, pinch, pressure, restraint, squeeze, strangulation), shtënie në dorë, rrokje (grip, gripe, snatch, syllable), rrok (catch, grip, gripe, raw, snatch), mbërthim (brace, fastening, grapple, grappling iron, grip, hook, seizing), kuptoj (apprehend, catch, comprehend, cotton on, fathom, figure out, find, gather, get, make out, penetrate, perceive, pick out, Pierce, see, see through, sense, take, take in, twig on, understand), kapje (apprehension, arrest, attachment, catch, catchment, clasp, clutch, grab, grapple, grip, gripe, griping, hitch, hold, holding, hook, hug, interception, jaw, prehension, purchase, recapture, seizing, snatch, uptake), kap (affect, apprehend, arrest, attack, avail oneself of, captivate, capture, catch, catch on, catch out, catch up, clasp, clutch, cop, embrace, gain, get, get hold of, grab, grapple, grip, gripe, handle, have, hitch, hold, hook, intercept, nab, nail, nip, nobble, overcome, overtake, pick up, pinch, reach, rummage out, seize, snap, snatch, soak up, swoop, tackle, take, track down, unhang). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فهم (accept, apprehend, apprehension, brain, catch, comprehend, comprehension, conceive, conception, discern, discernment, hear, hear of, intelligence, know, know of, learn, learn about, make out, penetrate, perceive, perception, pick out, pierce, put across, puzzle out, realization, realize, see, see daylight, see the light, seeing, sense, skulk, sort out, take in, twig, understand, understanding, understood), ‏مقبض (grip, grip handle, haft, handgrip, handle, inlet, lever, lug, panhandle, power outlet, shaft, shank, socket, squeeze, stick), ‏قبض على (apprehend, capture, catch, clasp, clutch, grab, grapple, grip, hold, seize upon, take hold of), ‏قبض (catch, constrict, constriction, contraction, get hold of, pinch, seizure, taking), ‏وعى (apprehend, awake, feel, perceive, realize), ‏حوزة, ‏عناق (caress, clasp, conversion, cuddle, embracing, hug, hugging, squeeze), ‏عانق (caress, clasp, cuddle, embrace, enfold, fold, hug, lock, neck, pet, press), ‏القدرة على الامساك, ‏إدراك (appreciation, apprehension, cognizance, comprehension, conception, intelligence, knowledge, maturity, puberty, pubescence, realization, reason, recognition, responsiveness, savvy, science, sense, senses, sensibilities, sensibility, smart, understanding), ‏أمسك (bite, catch, cradle, get hold of, grip, gripe, hold, lay hold of, refrain, withhold), ‏أمساك. (various references)

Bulgarian 

сграбчвам (catch hold of, clutch, grab, grapple, hog, lay hold of, nab, nip, seize, snatch, swoop), надмощие (ascendancy, ascendant, dominance, hegemony, mastery, overweight, predominance, supremacy), не изпускам, власт (arm, attribution, authority, authorization, control, disposition, grip, gripe, hand, helm, hold, jurisdiction, lordship, mastership, mastery, obedience, potency, power, reign, rule), контрол (charge, control, disposition, grip, gripe, hold, lordship, oversight, superintendence, whip hand), хватка (clutch, grip, hold, lock, wrist), хващам (capture, catch, clamp, find out, get, grab, grapple, grip, gripe, hook, hunt down, land, nail, nip, nobble, pick up, pot, prey upon, run down, seize, snag, strike, take, take effect, take up, track down), хващане (caption, catch, catching, grip, gripe, handhold, hold, holding, prehension, purchase), държа здраво (clench, grip, hold), разбиране (apprehension, comprehension, conception, feeling, grip, hold, idea, knowing, opinion, perception, realization, taste, understanding, uptake), схващане (apprehension, comprehension, conception, cramp, idea, kink, notion, opinion, outlook, perception, prehension, understanding, uptake, view), сграбчване (clutch, grab, snatch), улавям (catch, catch out, clutch, detect, entrap, get, grapple, grip, gripe, mesh, pick up), улавяне (catch, clutch, grip, gripe, purchase), стисване, стискам (clasp, clench, pinch, press, screw, set, squeeze), схватливост (docility, perceptivity, prehension, receptivity, savvy), схващам (apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, discover, get, get a hold of, note, perceive, pick up, see, sense, take in, twig, understand), разбирам (apprehend, catch on, comprehend, cotton, discover, fathom, figure out, find out, follow, grip, have, latch, make out, penetrate, perceive, pick up, realize, riddle, rumble, see, see through, sense, take, take in, think, understand, work out). (various references)

Chinese 

掌握 . (various references)

Czech

využít (avail oneself of, embrace, exploit, fob, suck, tap, utilize), uchopit (clench, clutch, get, get hold of, grip, seize, take, take up), sevřít (clasp, clench, close, clutch, constrict, grip, gripe, hem in, lock in), rozumìt (catch, follow, twig, understand), popadnout (get hold of, grab, grip, seize, snatch, snatch up, tackle, whip up), pochopit (comprehend, cotton on to, fathom, figure out, figure to oneself, get the message, perceive, realize, take in, understand), pevné uchopení, hmat (feel, feeling, touch), chytit (capture, catch, catch fire, clutch, field, get, ignite, light, pick up, seize, take, take a fire, take fire), chápat (appreciate, apprehend, comprehend, construe, follow, get it, perceive, see, take, take in, understand). (various references)

Danish

gribe (clutch, get, grab, grip, lay hold of, pick up, seize, take). (various references)

Dutch

bemachtigen (clutch, grab, grip, seize). (various references)

Esperanto

preno, ekpreno, ekpreni, ekkapti (clutch, grab, grip, seize). (various references)

Farsi 

فهمیدن (Catch, Compass, Comprehend, Follow, Get, Gripe, Induct, Intend, Learn, Realize, Savor, Savvy, See, Skill, Tell, Understand), فهم (Brain, Head, Intellect, Intelligence, Mind, Savvy, Understanding, Uptake), فراچنگ کردن , چنگ زنی (Grip), چنگ زدن (Claw, Clutch, Grab, Harp), قاپیدن (Grab, Nab, Nail, Pinch, Raven, Ravish, Seize, Snap, Snatch), گیراوردن (Hook), اخذ (Catch), بچنگ اوردن . (various references)

Finnish

ymmärtää (comprehend, realize, see, understand), ulottumisetäisyys (grasping distance, horizontal grasp), tarttua (be contagious, be infectious, be transmitted, bite, catch, catch hold of, clutch, get stuck, grab, grip, lodge, seize, snatch, stick), tarrata (clutch, grab, lay hold of, seize), tajuta (apprehend, be aware of, be conscious of, comprehend, have a taste for, realize), ottaa kiinni jostakin (catch hold of, seize), ote (extract, grip, hold), kouraista (grip), kahmaista (grab), käsittää (comprehend, comprise, include, realize, understand), hoksata (tumble to), älytä (catch, comprehend, realize, understand). (various references)

French

saisir (grab, grapple, grip, gripe). (various references)

Frisian

beetpakke (clutch, grab, grip, seize), beetkrije (clutch, grab, grip, seize). (various references)

German

griff (butt, chord, clasp, clutch, feel, fingering, grab, grasping, grip, gripe, haft, handle, head, hilt, hold, knob, snatch, taking hold, talon, tongs, touching), greifen (bite, catch, clasp, clutch, grab, grip, grope, hold, reach, seize, snatch, span, strike, take hold of, to snatch), ergreifen (adopt, affect, agitate, apprehend, captivate, capture, catch, catch at, clasp, clutch, embrace, grab, grapple, grip, gripe, griping, move, overcome, resort to, seize, take up, to catch hold of, to take hold of). (various references)

Greek 

συλλαμβάνω (apprehend, arrest, capture, catch, conceive, nab, place under arrest, seize, take into custody), σφίγγω (clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clip, constrict, cramp, enfold, grip, gripe, squeeze, strangulate, tighten), πιάσιμο (bite, fastening, grapple, grip, hold), πιάνω (catch, clutch, come over, corral, grip, hold, hook, mesh, nab, nip, pick up, tackle), εμβέλεια χειρών (grasping distance, horizontal grasp), αρπάζω (catch, clutch, grab, grapple, gripe, nab, poach, rape, ravish, rifle, scrounge, seize, snap, snatch, spoil, tear from), αρπαγή (depredation, grapnel, grapple, kidnapping, plunder, predation, rapine, ravishment, robbery, seizure, snatch, swoop), απόσταση σύλληψης (grasping distance, horizontal grasp), απόσταση λαβής (grasping distance, horizontal grasp), δράττομαι (tackle). (various references)

Hebrew 

מאחז (grip, handle), לתפוס (apprehand, catch, cop, lay hold of, nab, occupy, seize, snatch, take), לקמוץ (clench a fist, take a handful), לקחת (bring, have, receive, seize, take), לפיתה (clasp, holding, tenacity), לאחוז (catch, connect, fasten, get hold of, grip, hold, port, seize), להשיג (accomplish, achieve, acquire, angle, attain, catch hold of, come by, comprehend, fetch, gain, get hold of, land, obtain, procure, question, reach, secure), להאחז (grip, hold on, keep), להבין (apprehend, comprehend, follow, gather, know, make out, realize, see, see daylight, see the light, take, take in, understand), לדעת (comprehend, know, knowhow, perceive, understand), לצבוט (bind together, clamp, nip, pinch), תפיסה (apprehension, capture, cop, hold, occupation, outlook, perception, seizure, snatch), אחיזה (anchorage, clutch, gripe, hold, holding, occupancy, seizing, support, tenure), אחז (grip, handle). (various references)

Hungarian

felfogóképesség (comprehension, conception, depth, grip, intelligence, perception, power of conception). (various references)

Indonesian

genggaman (clench, grip), mencengkram (gripping, ingrown). (various references)

Italian

afferrare (apprehend, catch, clutch, get, grab, grapple, grip, gripe, Nick, penetrate, seize, snap up, snatch, snatch up, tackle, take), impugnatura (butt, grip, haft, handle, hilt), comprendere (apprehend, be understood, comprehend, comprise, contain, cover, include, incorporate, penetrate, realize, take, to understand, understand). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

把握 (catch, understanding). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

がってん (agreement, assent, comprehension, consent, understanding), がてん (agreement, assent, comprehension, consent, understanding), なっとく (agreement, assent, comprehension, consent, understanding), はあく (catch, understanding), はじ (embarrassment, grip, hold, shame), えとく (appreciation, comprehension, perception, understanding). (various references)

Korean 

권력. (various references)

Manx

greimmey (adhere, adherence, adherence of person, adhesion, attach, bite, bite off, catch, clutch, fishing tackle, grab, grip, gripping, hold, jam, lock in, monopolization, nab, pin on, seize, seizing, snap, snatch, snatch away, snatching, stick, stitch, stitch up, tooth), greim (bit, bite, catch, clutch, commissure, gobbet, grab, grip, handhold, hold, monopolize, morsel, piece, snap, snatch, tack, tack needlework). (various references)

Norwegian

gripe (captivate, capture, catch, grab, grapple, grip), grep (grip, hold), forstå (figure out, gather, get, realise, realize, understand). (various references)

Papiamen

koi (clutch, grab, grip, have sex, make love, screw, seize), kohe (clutch, grab, grip, have sex, make love, screw, seize). (various references)

Pig Latin

aspgray.(various references)

Portuguese

aperto (abashment, bind, choke, clamping, clench, clutch, crush, grip, gripe, hug, hustle, jam, jamming, narrowness, perplexity, pinch, screw, shake, squeeze, stricture, tightness), alcance (ability, aptitude, attain, attainability, compasses, competence, competency, embezzlement, extent, importance, latitude, meaning, overtake, power, purview, radius, range, reach, scope, significance, signification, span, sphere, sweep, talent, theft). (various references)

Romanian

apucare (bout, catch, clutch, grab, grapnel, grip, gripe, hold, hug, nip, pluck, prehension, purchase, seizing, seizure, snatch), înţelege (agree, apprehend, bottom, catch, come it, compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, interpret, latch on, make of, perceive, read, realize, savvy, scheme, see, see into, seize, take, tumble to, twig, understand), înţelegere (accommodation, accord, agreement, apprehension, arrangement, compact, compliance, composition, comprehension, comprehensiveness, concert, concord, concordat, connivance, convention, covenant, goodwill, grip, insight, intelligence, knowing, mindfulness, perception, prehension, realization, sympathy, understanding, unity), înşfãca (get hold of, grab, gripe, nab, nail, snap, snatch), înşfãcare (grab, snatch), înhãţa (grab, gripe, nab, nail, seize, take), îmbrãţişa (clasp, cuddle, embosom, embrace, enclasp, enfold, enlace, entwine, fold, hug, span, wrap), apucãturã (behavior, behaviour, habit), strânsoare (grip, pinch, pinching, restraint, strictness), control (censorship, check, check up, checking, control, direction, examination, grip, hand, intendance, issue, observation, review, supervision, surveillance, survey, test, verification), cuprinde (accommodate, admit, aggregate, carry, come over, comprehend, comprise, conquer, contain, cover, embosom, embrace, enlace, envelop, grip, Harbor, harbour, include, includes, overtake, prepossess, receive, reckon, see, seize, span), prinde (acquire, apprehend, attach, bind, book, captivate, capture, catch, catch hold of, clasp, clot, comprehend, cop, Curdle, engage, ferret, find out, fish, fix, get hold of, grapple, grip, gripe, grow, hang, have, hit, hitch, intercept, nail, nip, overhear, pin down, reach, recruit, regain, round up, seize, set, shut, stitch, strike, succeed, tack, take, tie, work), pune stãpânire pe (invade, occupy, overpower, overtake, seize, take, take hold of, take possession of), putere de pãtrundere (acumen, penetration), sesiza (apprehend, compass, realize, see, seize, understand), apuca (apprehend, captivate, capture, catch, clutch, comprehend, experience, grab, grapple, grip, gripe, nab, nip, pull up, seize, snap, snatch, take). (various references)

Russian 

схватывать (catch, caught 2, cotton on, grip, nab), схватывание (grip, gripe), сообразить (consider, understand), сжатие (clutch, compression, constriction, constringency, contraction, jam, nip, pinch, pressing, pressure, shrinkage, squeeze), рукоятка (control lever, grip, haft, handgrip, handhold, handle, hilt, holder, lever, stele, stick, tiller), хватка (clutch), шейка приклада, охватить (overcome), постичь (comprehend), понимать понимание;хватка, понимание (apprehension, aprehension, comprehension, conception, digestion, insight, knowing, perception, reading, realization, savvy, understanding). (various references)

Scottish

glaic (a grasp, hollow; the palm, valley), tiolp (grasp suddenly, snatch), sàs (difficulties, grasp : an sàs, in, restraint, straits). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uhvatiti (capture, catch his eye, collar, get, grab, grip, lay hold of, net, run down, seize), uhvat, shvatiti (apprehend, apprise, apprize, catch, catch on, comprehend, conceive, figure out, get, realize, sense, tumble, twig, understand), shvatanje (apprehension, comprehension, insight, understanding, uptake), moć (capability, faculty, leverage, might, mightiness, potency, power), dokučiti (ascertain, comprehend, fathom, get the hang), dohvat (reach), ščepati (clutch, grab, lay hold, nab, snap, snap at, snap up, snatch, whip up). (various references)

Spanish

agarrar (catch, catch hold of, clench, clutch, get, get hold of, grab, grapple, grip, gripe, griping, hold, hold tight, lay hold of, lift, nail, pack, pinch, seize, snatch up, tackle, take, take on, touch), coger (accept, arrest, bag, captivate, capture, catch, catch hold of, clutch, cop, develop, fetch, frig, gather, get, get hold of, go down, grab, grapple, grip, hit off, hold, hook, hunch, imbibe, land, lay hold of, lift, nab, nail, nobble, pick, pick up, pinch, pluck, seize, take, take on, take out, take up, toss, touch, treat, trip, trip up, yank off), asir (captivate, capture, catch, catch at, catch in, catch up, clench, clutch, grab, grapple, grip, seize, snatch, tackle, take, touch). (various references)

Sranan

grabu (clutch, grab, grip, seize). (various references)

Swedish

uppfatta (apprehend, comprehend, interpret, perceive, register, sense, understand, view), tag i (seize), tag (clench, clutch, grip, hold, jag, pull, purchase, stroke, take, tug), gripa tag i (clutch, get, grab), grepp (clutch, grab, grip, handle, hold, holdfast, stop, touch), fatta (catch, compass, conceive, cotton on, get, latch on to, lay hold of, pick up, savvy, see, seize, take, take in, understand). (various references)

Thai

เสียการควบคุม (lose one's grasp on). (various references)

Turkish

yakalamak (account, bag, catch, catch hold of, catch up on, claw hold of, clutch, collar, cop, embrace, entrap, get hold of, grab, grapple, grip, hook, intercept, nab, nail, nobble, overtake, pinch, pull up to, seize, seize on, snap up, snatch, tackle, take, take up, trap), tutmak (abide by, add up to, affect, Bate, be, bespeak, bind, book, catch, charter, check, choke, choke back, choke down, choke off, claw hold of, clench, clutch, cog, cohere, come to, confine, constrain, contain, cost, cramp, engage, Favor, favour, figure out at, fish, gather, get hold of, grapple, grip, guard, hang onto, hire, hire on, hold, hold back, hold in, hold on, hold on to, hold up, inhibit, intercept, keep, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep to, occupy, play, play on, play upon, possess, redeem, remand, reserve, restrain, retain, save, seize, seize on, stanchion, stick, stick to, stifle, strangle, support, take, take up, tot up, total, uphold, withhold, work out at), tutma (catch, containment, gripping, hold, holding, inhibition, interception, prehension, redemption, repression, restraint, retention, seizure, suppression, tackle, take, vogue), sımsıkı tutma, kavramak (absorb, apperceive, appreciate, apprehend, bite, catch, catch on, clasp, clench, clip, clutch, come home, compass, comprehend, conceive, cup, dawn on, digest, discern, fathom, get, get a grip, get hold of, grip, hold, latch on to, nail, perceive, pick up, realize, see into, seize, sum up, twig, understand), kavrama (apperception, apprehension, bite, chuck, cinch, clasp, claw, clutch, cognation, cognizance, comprehension, conception, digestion, engaging, fathom, grip, gripping, insight, penetration, perception, prehension, seizing, understanding, uptake), kapmak (catch, clutch, dispossess, grab, imbibe, nab, poach, scoop up, seize, shut, shut in, snap up, snatch, snatch up, swoop up, twitch, whip, whip away, whip from), kabza (haft, handgrip, handle, hilt), idrak (apperception, appreciation, cognation, cognizance, comprehension, consciousness, discernment, grip, intelligence, nous, perception, percipience, perspicacity, realization), anlamak (absorb, accept, appreciate, apprehend, ascertain, be knowledgeable about, be up to, catch, catch on, click, compass, comprehend, conceive, cotton on to, dawn on, deduce, dig, discern, discover, distinguish, fathom, feel, figure out, get, get a grip, get a grip on, get the message, grip, latch on to, make of, pick out, read, realize, rumble, savvy, see, see into, seize, sense, sum up, take in, twig, understand, wake to, waken, work out), anlama (appreciation, apprehension, comprehension, drift, fathom, grip, insight, intelligence, knowledge, prehension, realization, sense, understanding, uptake). (various references)

Ukrainian

схоплювати (clutch), рукоятка (brake, grip, gripe, hilt, lever, shaft, stale), хватка (clutch, grip, hug, snap), хапати (click, grab, grabble, seize, sick, snap, snatch, swoop, tackle, take), швидке сприймання, міцно триматися, міцне стиснення, зрозуміти (apprehend, catch, comprehend, conceive, get, gripe, twig), панування (ascendance, ascendancy, dominance, domination, mastery, predominance, predominancy, supremacy). (various references)

Vietnamese 

tay cầm (handle, holder), sự túm lấy (grab), sự níu lấy (grapple), sự hiểu thấu cán, sự ôm ghì quyền lực sự nắm được. (various references)

Welsh

gafael am (grab hold of, hold on to), gafael (hold), ymafael (seize, take hold). (various references)

ha-za, kun. (various references)

acceperant, acceperat, acceperim, acceperint, acceperis, acceperit, acceperitis, accepero, acceperunt, acceperuntque, accepi, accepimus, accepisse, accepisset, accepissetis, accepisti, accepistis, accepit, accepitque, accepta, acceptam, acceptamque, acceptas, accepti, acceptis, acceptisque, accepto, acceptum, accepturi, accepturum, accepturus, acceptus, accipe, accipere, acciperem, acciperemus, acciperent, acciperet, accipiam, accipiamus, accipiant, accipias, accipiat, accipiatis, accipiatur, accipiebant, accipiebat, accipiemus, accipiendo, accipiendum, accipiens, accipient, accipientem, accipientes, accipientque, accipies, accipiesque, accipiet, accipietis, accipimus, accipio, accipis, accipit, accipite, accipitis, accipiunt, adprehendam, adprehendant, adprehendat, adprehende, adprehendebam, adprehendens, adprehendensque, adprehendent, adprehendentes, adprehendentque, adprehendentur, adprehendere, adprehenderent, adprehenderint, adprehenderit, adprehenderunt, adprehendes, adprehendet, adprehendetur, adprehendi, adprehendissent, adprehendisset, adprehendit, adprehendite, adprehensa, adprehensam, adprehensi, adprehensis, adprehensoque, adprehensosque, adprehensum, adprehensumque, adprehensus, amplectens, amplectentem, amplectere, amplexus, apprehendere, capta, captabunt, complectus, conplectebuntur, conplectere, conplectimini, conplectuntur, conplexa, conplexus, conplexusque, consecuta, consecutam, consecuti, consecutus, consequamur, consequantur, consequaris, consequebantur, consequens, consequenti, consequeretur, consequeris, consequi, consequitur, contineo, occupo, prehendo, prendere, prendidistis. (various references)

grap, gripe. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "grasp": graspable, grasped, grasper, graspers, grasping, graspingly, graspingness, graspingnesses, grasps. (additional references)

Words containing "grasp": ungraspable. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Grasp" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: erasp, gaspy, Gastp, gramp, grap, grapp, grasa, Grasso, grast, graz, greap, greps, grisp, grrap. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: sprag.

-1 letter: gaps, gars, gasp, pars, rags, raps, rasp, spar.

-2 letters: ars, asp, gap, gar, gas, par, pas, rag, rap, ras, sag, sap, spa.

-3 letters: ag, ar, as, pa.

+1 letter: gapers, gasper, gramps, grapes, graphs, grasps, pagers, parges, pargos, prangs, sparge, sprags, sprang.

+2 letters: gaspers, gawpers, grampus, grappas, grasped, grasper, parangs, pargets, parings, parsing, presage, ragtops, rasping, sparged, sparger, sparges, sparing, sprangs.

+3 letters: asperges, aspiring, carpings, digraphs, earplugs, epigrams, garpikes, grandpas, graphics, grapiest, graplins, grapnels, grapples, graspers, grasping, graupels, gripsack, harpings, isograph, pagurids, pairings, pangrams, paragons, parasang, pargings, parkings, partings, peerages, pergolas, phrasing, pingrass, piraguas, plaguers, podagras, portages, postgrad, praising, presaged, presager, presages, primages, probangs, programs, pugarees, pugmarks, rampages, resprang, scarping, scraping, sharping, spagyric, spargers, sparging, sparking, sparling, sparring, speargun, spearing, spraying, springal, spurgall, subgraph, trepangs, upgrades, upsprang, warpages.