grasp
/ɡɹæsp/ verbe C1En français : saisir, agripper, comprendre
- To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
- To understand. · I have never been able to grasp the concept of infinity.
- To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.
Pluriel grasp · He/she/it grasps · Prétérit grasped · Participe passé grasped · Forme en -ing grasping
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- grasp
- He/she/it
- grasps
- Prétérit
- grasped
- Participe passé
- grasped
- Forme en -ing
- grasping
Dans la bibliothèque
Matthew, however, was spared the ordeal of speaking first, for as soon as she concluded that he was coming to her she stood up, grasping with one thin brown hand the handle of a shabby, old-fashioned carpet-bag; the other she held out to him.
Suddenly she seemed to grasp the full meaning of what had been said.
The goblins of her fancy lurked in every shadow about her, reaching out their cold, fleshless hands to grasp the terrified small girl who had called them into being.
His attentions to Miss King were now the consequence of views solely and hatefully mercenary; and the mediocrity of her fortune proved no longer the moderation of his wishes, but his eagerness to grasp at anything.
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