grasp

Definitions

1. 1.To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend.
2. 2.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. Shak. To grasp at, to catch at; to try to seize; as, Alexander grasped at universal empire,
3. 3.A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms. "The grasps of love." Shak.
4. 4.Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp.
5. 5.Forcible possession; hold. The whole space that's in the tyrant's grasp. Shak.
6. 6.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. Z. Taylor.
7. 7.The handle of a sword or of an oar.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is grasp.

• What is to lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend called?
• What is a gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms. "The grasps of love." Shak called?
• What is reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp called?
• What is forcible possession; hold. The whole space that's in the tyrant's grasp. Shak called?
• What is 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. Z. Taylor called?