grasp

grasp
01. The baby [grasped] my thumb in her hands, and pulled it towards her mouth.
02. The monkey had a firm [grasp] on the branch, and would not let go.
03. Marion was a greedy, [grasping] woman who had obviously married for money.
04. Victory is finally within our [grasp] now that the enemy has been chased from the capital.
05. Henri has a fairly good [grasp] of English.
06. The government doesn't seem to [grasp] the importance of helping the public to understand the reason behind the new legislation.
07. After taking a year-long computer course, Dave had a good [grasp] of computer programming.
08. There is a Chinese proverb which observes that too often we waste time chasing a gust of wind or [grasping] at shadows.
09. The old woman [grasped] my hand in hers, and pulled me towards her house.
10. Jack has never succeeded in truly [grasping] the importance of showing respect for his employees.
11. The young boy [grasped] the girl by the hand and pulled her out onto the dance floor.
12. He has been having difficulty [grasping] some of the concepts we are studying in our math class and needs extra help.
13. The fire fighter [grasped] the young man by the arm and pulled him from the burning house.
14. Colin Wilson once stated that the mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to [grasp] the world, but to change it.
15. Our earth functions as a dynamic system on a scale which many may find difficult to [grasp].

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • grasp — grasp·able; grasp·er; grasp·ing·ly; grasp·ing·ness; grasp·less; re·grasp; grasp; grasp·able·ness; grasp·ably; …   English syllables

  • GRASP — may refer to:* GRASP (multimedia authoring software), a multimedia authoring software * GRASP (SAT solver), a SAT instance solver * GRASP (Object Oriented Design) * Greedy randomized adaptive search procedure * Given, Required, Analysis, Solution …   Wikipedia

  • Grasp — Grasp, n. 1. A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms. The grasps of love. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp. [1913 Webster] 3.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Grasp — Grasp, v. i. To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive. [1913 Webster] As one that grasped And tugged for life and was by strength subdued. Shak. [1913 Webster] {To grasp at}, to catch at; to try to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Grasp — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda En diseño orientado a objetos, GRASP son patrones generales de software para asignación de responsabilidades, es el acrónimo de General Responsibility Assignment Software Patterns . Aunque se considera que más que… …   Wikipedia Español

  • grasp — [n1] hold, grip butt, cinch, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clutches, embrace, grapple, lug, possession, purchase, tenure; concepts 191,710 Ant. avoidance, release grasp [n2] understanding awareness, comprehension, ken, knowledge, mastery,… …   New thesaurus

  • Grasp — Grasp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grasper}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Qraspine}.] [OE. graspen; prob. akin to LG. grupsen, or to E. grope. Cf. {Grab}, {Grope}.] 1. To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • grasp — (v.) mid 14c., to reach for, feel around, possibly a metathesis of grapsen, from O.E. *græpsan to touch, feel, from P.Gmc. *grap , *grab (Cf. E.Fris. grapsen to grasp, M.Du. grapen to seize, grasp, O.E. grapian to touch, feel, grope ), from PIE… …   Etymology dictionary

  • grasp — [grasp, gräsp] vt. [ME graspen, by metathesis < * grapsen, prob. < MLowG (as in LowG, Fris grapsen), akin to Norw dial. grapsa, to scratch, ON grapa, to snatch: see GRAB] 1. to take hold of firmly with or as with the hand or arms; grip 2.… …   English World dictionary

  • GRASP — (англ. General Responsibility Assignment Software Patterns  общие образцы распределения обязанностей)  паттерны, используемые в объектно ориентированном проектировании для решения общих задач по назначению обязанностей классам и… …   Википедия

  • grasp — vb clutch, grab, seize, *take, snatch Analogous words: *catch, capture: apprehend, *arrest: *apprehend, comprehend grasp n *hold, grip, clutch …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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