Definition of grasp

• 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.