Definitions
get the meaning of something
Word origin
From Middle English graspen, grapsen, craspen (“to grope; feel around”), from Old English *grǣpsian, from Proto-West Germanic *graipisōn, from Proto-Germanic *graipisōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to take, seize, rake”), the same ultimate source as grab.
Used in a sentence
“How few! yet how they creep / Through my fingers to the deep, / While I weep—while I weep! / O God! can I not grasp / Them with a tighter clasp?”
“I have never been able to grasp the concept of infinity.”
“A vagrant gust of wind snatched the note from my grasp.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Firm hold”5 letters
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