"grasp" meaning in English

See grasp in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /græsp/ Audio: en-us-grasp.ogg [US] Forms: grasp [canonical], grasps [third-person, singular], grasped [past], grasped [past, participle], grasping [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you grasp something, you hold it tightly in a hand or hands.
    Sense id: simple-grasp-en-verb-V3viojvs
  2. If you grasp something, you understand it for the first time.
    Sense id: simple-grasp-en-verb-SABTHT2h
     
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