noun
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(sometimes figurative) Grip.
definition
Understanding.
definition
That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability.
example
The goal is within my grasp.
verb
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To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
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To understand.
example
I have never been able to grasp the concept of infinity.
definition
To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.
Examples of grasp in a Sentence
It is important to grasp clearly the distinction between breeds.
If we try to know the soul, we grasp at a phantom.
His gloves, adequate for snow shoveling, were poor equipment to safely grasp a rope that supported his full weight.
It was best to focus on the things within her grasp – like Alex.
Xander was unable to grasp how something like that might come to be.
Wynn stretched across the distance to grasp it as it started to slide from her hands.
The difference between his former and present self was that formerly when he did not grasp what lay before him or was said to him, he had puckered his forehead painfully as if vainly seeking to distinguish something at a distance.
She shoved a camera at Dean, an expensive looking Nikon, freeing her other hand to more securely grasp the rail.
It was clear that the spiritual forces of the time were also slipping out of his grasp. Early in January he sought to come to terms with the pope (then virtually a captive at Fontainebleau) respecting various questions then in debate concerning the Concordat.
In 647 the Arabs penetrated into Ifrikia, which was destined to fall for ever out of the grasp of the Romans.
But the chief value of Lucretius as a thinker lies in his firm grasp of speculative ideas, and in his application of them to the interpretation of human life and nature.
Samaria thus lay within the grasp of Josiah, who may have entertained hopes of forming an independent power of his own.
It is difficult to grasp its vastness.
Others there are whose hands have sunbeams in them, so that their grasp warms my heart.
She jerked back and twisted her arm from his grasp.
Note that these phagocytic cells are pushing out protoplasmic processes (pseudopodia) by which they grasp their victims. (X woo diam.) FIG.
Bolkonski only tried not to lose touch with it, and looked around bewildered and unable to grasp what was happening in front of him.
Natasha looked at Sonya with wide-open eyes as if she could not grasp the question.
Too late, she dodged his grasp.
But not all quarters are responsible; and in the effort to grasp scientifically, i.e.
It appears in connexion with the endeavour of the human mind to grasp the divine essence or the ultimate reality of things, and to enjoy the blessedness of actual communion with the Highest.
Though there are things in it difficult for the feeble human mind to grasp, it is an admirable book which calms and elevates the soul.
It was plain that he did not quite grasp where he was.
Pierre had been silent and preoccupied all through dinner, seeming not to grasp what was said.
All their faces looked dejected, and they all shunned one another's eyes--only a de Beausset could fail to grasp the meaning of what was happening.
Only when he had understood the peasants' tastes and aspirations, had learned to talk their language, to grasp the hidden meaning of their words, and felt akin to them did he begin boldly to manage his serfs, that is, to perform toward them the duties demanded of him.
A person with DM has difficulty relaxing his or her grasp, especially in the cold.
He reached for her arm and she jerked it away from his grasp.
She listened, dismayed but also interested in someone interpreting the insanity of her mind in a way she could grasp.
He was startled by a voice below him, causing him to nearly lose his grasp with its closeness.
The wall at her back gave her support to press closer to him, and when he freed one hand, she used it to grasp his neck and pull his lips down harder on her own.
Two more closed in on her, but she danced away, luring one into a trap and throwing the second off guard long enough to escape his outstretched grasp.
The Others wouldn't spare the realm in their attempt to destroy their enemies, and Jonny wasn't yet able to grasp his role in the mess.
They conferred the signory upon him for life; and, had he not mismanaged matters, he might have held the city in his grasp. Italy was settling cown and turning her attention to home comforts, arts and literature.
The Estensi recovered theii grasp upon Ferrara, and the Gonzaghi upon Mantua.
Giuliano was murdered, Lorenzo escaped, to tighten his grasp upon the city, which now loved him and was proud of him.
In foreign affairs Danby showed a stronger grasp of essentials.
Borelli (De motu animalium, Rome, 1680), explained that birds are enabled to grasp the twig on which they rest whilst sleeping, without having to make any muscular exertion, because the weight of the body bends the knee and ankle-joints, over both of which pass the tendons of this compound muscle.
This distinction was already current in the catechetical school of Alexandria, but Origen gave it its boldest expression, and justified it on the ground of the incapacity of the Christian masses to grasp the deeper sense of Scripture, or unravel the difficulties of exegesis.
Their monotheism remains Semitic - even in their conception of the cosmogonic and illuminating function of Wisdom they regard God as standing outside the world of physical nature and man, and do not grasp or accept the idea of the identity of the human and the divine; there is thus a sharp distinction between their general theistic position and that of Greek philosophy.
This was the beginning of a determined struggle for supremacy, carried on for many years, between the different classes of citizens, locally termed ordini or monti - the lower classes striving to grasp the reins of government, the higher classes already in office striving to keep all power in their own hands, or to divide it in proportion to the relative strength of each monte.
Actors also research roles so that they can grasp concepts quickly during rehearsals and understand the story's setting and background.
This will save possible disappointment later on should you find that dream home is just beyond your grasp.
He is on very solid ground, his thorough grasp of historical theology having already been ably demonstrated in earlier writings.
Their respective followers, and more especially cultured laymen, lacking the capacity for original work, seeking for a solution in some kind of compromise, and possibly failing to grasp the essentials of the controversy, take refuge in a combination of those elements in the opposing systems which seem to afford a sound practical theory.
It would seem that, in the extreme spiritual vicissitudes of his life, conscious alternately of personal weakness and of the largest speculative grasp, he at times threw himself entirely on the consolations of evangelical faith, and at others reconstructed the cosmos for himself in terms of Neo-Platonism and the philosophy of Schelling.
In order to understand the events of his life and the influence of his opinions, we must endeavour to get some impression of the China that existed in his time, in the 5th and 6th centuries B.C. The dynasty of Chow, the third which within historic time had ruled the country, lasting from 1122 to 256 B.C., had passed its zenith, and its kings no longer held the sceptre with a firm grasp. The territory under their sway was not a sixth part of the present empire.
The Murtagh chain, which holds within its grasp the mightiest system of glaciers in the world, forms a junction with the Sarikol at the head of the Taghdumbash, where also another great system (that of the Hindu Kush) has its eastern roots.
With regard to climbing, the long stretch of arm and the grasp with both hands and feet contribute to the arboreal life of the apes, contrasting with what seem the mere remains of the climbing habit to be found even among forest savages.
Their weapons were the wooden club or waddy notched to the grasp, and spears of sticks, often crooked but well balanced, with points sharpened by tool or fire, and sometimes.