grasp

n. படிப்பு, கைப்பிடி, ஆற்றல், பற்றும் ஆற்றல், எட்டுந்தொலை, கட்டுப்படுத்தும் சக்தி, அடக்கியாலும் திறம், மனம் பற்றிக்கொள்ளும் திறம், மூளையில் வாங்கிக் கொள்ளும் ஆற்றல், (வினை) பற்றிப்பிடி, பிடிபடு, பற்ற முயற்சி செய், எட்டிப்பற்று, பேராவலுடன், கைப்பற்று, பறி.

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Grasp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grasper; p. pr. & vb. n. Qraspine.] Etym: [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 of. Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff. Shak. 2. To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend. Grasp, v. i. Defn: To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive. As one that grasped And tugged for life and was by strength subdued. Shak. To grasp at, to catch at; to try to seize; as, Alexander grasped at universal empire, Grasp, n. 1. A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms. "The grasps of love." Shak. 2. Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp. 3. Forcible possession; hold. The whole space that's in the tyrant's grasp. Shak. 4. Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey. The foremost minds of the next . . . era were not, in power of grasp, equal to their predecessors. Z. Taylor. 5. The handle of a sword or of an oar.