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grasp
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English
1.1
Verb
1.1.1
Sense: to hold firmly, particularly with the hand
1.1.1.1
Synonyms
1.1.1.2
Antonyms
1.1.1.3
Hyponyms
1.1.1.4
Hyponyms
1.2
See also
1.3
Further reading
English
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Verb
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Sense: to hold firmly, particularly with the hand
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Synonyms
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beclasp
(
dated
)
begrasp
begrip
belock
(
archaic
)
clasp
clench
clinch
cling
clutch
enclasp
fang
(
dialectal or archaic
)
fondle
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⇒ thesaurus
]
glaum
(
dialectal
)
grab
grabble
grasp
grip
hang on
hold on
hold tight
hold
nab
nim
(
obsolete
)
seize
stranglehold
take
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⇒ thesaurus
]
Antonyms
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let go
release
Hyponyms
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embrace
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⇒ thesaurus
]
foregrasp
grab
snatch
Hyponyms
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handle
See also
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Thesaurus:capture
Further reading
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“
781. retention
” in
Roget's Thesaurus
, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“
grasp
” in
Moby Thesaurus II
, Grady Ward, 1996.
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