grasp verb [T] (TAKE)
- holdCan you hold this for a moment?
- claspHe reached out to clasp her hand.
- gripThe baby gripped my finger with her tiny hand.
- clutchSilent and pale, she clutched her mother's hand.
- clingOne little girl was clinging onto a cuddly toy.
- hang onThe child was hanging on to her mother's skirt.
If you grasp an opportunity, you take it eagerly:
We must grasp every opportunity to strengthen economic ties with other countries.
- arm
- chokehold
- clasp
- clench
- cling
- clutch
- dandle
- grip
- hand in hand idiom
- handheld
- hang
- hang on phrasal verb
- hang/hold on like grim death idiom
- iron grip
- join hands idiom
- keep a tight hold on something
- make a grab
- nurse
- onto
- purchase
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grasp verb [T] (UNDERSTAND)
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The government has acknowledged that homelessness is a problem but it has failed to grasp the scale of the problem.
- understandI understand why he did that.
- comprehendHe doesn't seem to comprehend the scale of the problem.
- get the pictureOK. Don't say any more. I get the picture.
- followIt was so complicated I couldn't follow what he was saying.
- graspI think I grasped the main points of the lecture.
- digestThis chapter is so difficult to digest. I'll have to read it again later.
- appreciation for something
- apprehend
- apprehensible
- apprehension
- astutely
- catch
- colour
- dot
- handle
- I feel you idiom
- incoherently
- keenness
- keep someone up phrasal verb
- know a hawk from a handsaw idiom
- take something on board idiom
- taken
- tease
- tease something apart phrasal verb
- to get a handle on something idiom
- tune
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grasp
noun
uk
/ɡrɑːsp/ us
/ɡræsp/grasp noun (HOLD)
within someone's grasp The presidency at last looked within her grasp (= it looked possible that she might become president).
beyond someone's grasp Why is success always beyond my grasp (= impossible to get)?
- arm
- chokehold
- clasp
- clench
- cling
- clutch
- dandle
- grip
- hand in hand idiom
- handheld
- hang
- hang on phrasal verb
- hang/hold on like grim death idiom
- iron grip
- join hands idiom
- keep a tight hold on something
- make a grab
- nurse
- onto
- purchase
Możesz również znaleźć pokrewne wyrazy, zwroty i synonimy w kategoriach:
grasp noun (UNDERSTANDING)
- appreciation for something
- apprehend
- apprehensible
- apprehension
- astutely
- catch
- colour
- dot
- handle
- I feel you idiom
- incoherently
- keenness
- keep someone up phrasal verb
- know a hawk from a handsaw idiom
- take something on board idiom
- taken
- tease
- tease something apart phrasal verb
- to get a handle on something idiom
- tune
