grasp
/ɡɹæsp/ noun B2- Grip. · A vagrant gust of wind snatched the note from my grasp.· in the tyrant's grasp
- Understanding.
- That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability. · The goal is within my grasp.
Plural grasps
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“The next time you touch a Nettle, grasp it boldly, and it will be soft as silk to your hand, and not in the least hurt you.”
“All this seems strange to you,” continued Holmes, “because you failed at the beginning of the inquiry to grasp the importance of the single real clue which was presented to you.
Then, with an inarticulate roar of fury, the prisoner wrenched himself free from Holmes’s grasp, and hurled himself through the window.
Suddenly she seemed to grasp the full meaning of what had been said.
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