Embracing vs. Grasp
Embracingnoun
The act of embracing (in various senses).
Graspverb
To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
Embracingnoun
the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
Graspverb
To understand.
‘I have never been able to grasp the concept of infinity.’;
Graspverb
To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.
Graspnoun
Grip.
Graspnoun
Understanding.
Graspnoun
That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability.
‘The goal is within my grasp.’;
Graspverb
To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.
‘Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff.’;
Graspverb
To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend.
Graspverb
To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive.
‘As one that grasped And tugged for life and was by strength subdued.’;
Graspnoun
A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms.
Graspnoun
Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp.
Graspnoun
Forcible possession; hold.
‘The whole space that's in the tyrant's grasp.’;
Graspnoun
Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey.
‘The foremost minds of the next . . . era were not, in power of grasp, equal to their predecessors.’;
Graspnoun
The handle of a sword or of an oar.
Graspnoun
understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something;
‘he has a good grasp of accounting practices’;
Graspnoun
the limit of capability;
‘within the compass of education’;
Graspnoun
a firm controlling influence;
‘they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities’; ‘he was in the grip of a powerful emotion’; ‘a terrible power had her in its grasp’;
Graspnoun
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’;
Graspverb
hold firmly
Graspverb
get the meaning of something;
‘Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?’;
Grasp
A grasp is an act of taking, holding or seizing firmly with (or as if with) the hand. An example of a grasp is the handshake, wherein two people grasp one of each other's like hands.
