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grasp

გამოთქმა: /grɑːsp/

არსებითი სახელი

Universal
  • a firm hold or grip:the child slipped from her grasp
  • a person’s power or capacity to attain something:he knew success was within his grasp
  • a person’s understanding:meanings that are beyond my grasp his grasp of detail

ზმნა

Universal
  • seize and hold firmly:she grasped the bottle Edward grasped her by the wrist
  • take (an opportunity) eagerly:many companies grasped the opportunity to expand
  • comprehend fully:the press failed to grasp the significance of what had happened

grasp at straws

see straw.

grasp the nettle

British tackle a difficulty boldly.
[because a nettle stings when touched lightly, but not when grasped firmly]

graspable

adjective

grasper

noun

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