Definition of grasped in English

Part of speech

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Verb grasps, grasping, grasped
grasp - hold firmly
		hold on
		take hold, hold assume control
		latch on take hold of or attach to; "The biochip latches onto the genes"
		cling, hang hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"
		clasp hold firmly and tightly
grasp - get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
		grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, compass, apprehend
		understand know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"
		figure understand; "He didn't figure her"
		cotton on, get onto, get wise, catch on, get it, twig, latch on, tumble become popular; "This fashion caught on in Paris"
		intuit know or grasp by intuition or feeling
		digest soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture

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grasp (Noun)
grip.
grasp (Noun)
understanding.
grasp (Noun)
That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability.
grasp (Verb)
To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
grasp (Verb)
To understand.

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

grasp
To get the meaning of something.
grasp
To hold firmly.
grasp
The understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something.
grasp
An intellectual hold or understanding.
grasp
The limit of capability.
grasp
The act of grasping.

grasp
grasp, v.t. to seize and hold by clasping with the fingers or arms: to catch at: to comprehend.—v.i. to endeavour to seize: to catch (with at).—n. gripe of the hand: reach of the arms: power of seizing: mental power of apprehension.—adj. Grasp′able.—n. Grasp′er.—p.adj. Grasp′ing, seizing: avaricious: encroaching.—adv. Grasp′ingly.—n. Grasp′ingness.—adj. Grasp′less, feeble, relaxed. [M. E. graspen—grapsen, as clasp—M. E. claspen; allied to grope, grapple.]