(v. t.) To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the
fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.
(v. t.) To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly
acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend.
(v. i.) To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to
clutch; to struggle; to strive.
(n.) A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or
infolding in the arms.
(n.) Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding;
as, it was beyond his grasp.
(n.) Forcible possession; hold.
(n.) Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and
hold them under survey.
(n.) The handle of a sword or of an oar.
