Grip vs. Grasp
Gripverb
(transitive) To take hold of, particularly with the hand.
Gripverb
(transitive) To help or assist, particularly in an emotional sense.
Gripverb
(intransitive) To do something with another that makes you happy/gives you relief.
Gripverb
To trench; to drain.
Gripnoun
A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
Gripnoun
A handle or other place to grip.
Gripnoun
A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
Gripnoun
A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
Gripnoun
A channel cut through a grass verge (especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway).
Gripnoun
A lot of something.
Gripnoun
archaic spelling of grippe|nodot=1: Influenza, flu.
Gripnoun
(archaic) A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
Gripnoun
An apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
Gripnoun
Assistance; help or encouragement. en
Gripnoun
A helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring person.
Gripnoun
(slang) As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
Gripnoun
(figurative) A tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
Gripnoun
A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
Gripnoun
(dialectal) A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
Gripnoun
(obsolete) The griffin.
Gripnoun
The griffin.
Gripnoun
A small ditch or furrow.
Gripnoun
An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.
Gripnoun
A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip.
Gripnoun
That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.
Gripnoun
A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
Gripnoun
Specif., an apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
Gripnoun
A gripsack; a hand bag; a satchel or suitcase.
Gripnoun
The influenza; grippe.
Gripverb
To trench; to drain.
Gripverb
To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.
Gripnoun
the act of grasping;
Gripnoun
the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it;
Gripnoun
a portable rectangular traveling bag for carrying clothes;
Gripnoun
the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)
Gripnoun
worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made
Gripnoun
a firm controlling influence;
Gripnoun
a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place;
Gripverb
hold fast or firmly;
Gripverb
to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match;
Gripverb
to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe;
Graspverb
To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
Graspverb
To understand.
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.
Graspverb
To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.
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.
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.
Graspnoun
Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey.
Graspnoun
The handle of a sword or of an oar.
Graspnoun
understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something;
Graspnoun
the limit of capability;
Graspnoun
a firm controlling influence;
Graspnoun
the act of grasping;
Graspverb
hold firmly
Graspverb
get the meaning of something;
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.
