grasp

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɡɹɑːsp/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɡɹæsp/
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• Northern-England, Scotland: /ɡɹasp/
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• General-American: /ɡɹæsp/
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• /ɡɹæps/ African-American Vernacular
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• rhymes with -ɑːsp
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• rhymes with -æsp
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• CMU ARPABET: G R AE1 S P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English graspen, grapsen, craspen (“to grope; feel around”), from Old English *grǣpsian, from Proto-West Germanic *graipisōn, from Proto-Germanic *graipisōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ghrebh- (“to take, seize, rake”), the same ultimate source as grab. Cognate with Saterland Frisian grapsje (“to grab, grasp”), German Low German grapsen (“to grab; grasp”), German grapsen and grapschen, Old English grāpian ("to touch, feel, grasp"; > Modern English grope). Compare also Swedish krafsa (“to scatch; scabble”), Norwegian krafse (“to scramble”).

192 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قَبْضَة (qabḍa) — grip
• Bhojpuri: पकड़ (pakaṛ) — grip
• Bulgarian: хващане (hvaštane) — grip
• Bulgarian: хватка (hvatka) — grip
• Czech: uchopení — grip
• Czech: sevření — grip
• Dutch: grip — grip
• Finnish: ote — grip
• German: Griff — grip
• Greek: άδραγμα (ádragma) — grip
• Greek: λαβή (laví) — grip
• Hebrew: לפיתה — grip
• Hindi: पकड़ (pakaṛ) — grip
• Italian: presa — grip
• Italian: stretta — grip
• Plautdietsch: Hool — grip
• Polish: uchwyt — grip
• Scottish Gaelic: glacadh — grip
• Spanish: asimiento — grip
• Spanish: aprehensión — grip
• Spanish: aferramiento — grip
• Swedish: grepp — grip
• Bulgarian: разбиране (razbirane) — understanding
• Bulgarian: схватливост (shvatlivost) — understanding
• Catalan: comprensió — understanding
• Czech: porozumění — understanding
• Dutch: begrip — understanding
• Finnish: käsitys — understanding
• Finnish: ymmärrys — understanding
• Finnish: taju — understanding
• German: Verständnis — understanding
• Greek: κατανόηση (katanóisi) — understanding
• Greek: αντίληψη (antílipsi) — understanding
• Hebrew: תפיסה — understanding
• Hebrew: הבנה — understanding
• Italian: comprensione — understanding
• Italian: padronanza — understanding
• Polish: rozumienie — understanding
• Polish: zrozumienie — understanding
• Polish: pojęcie — understanding
• Portuguese: compreensão — understanding
• Russian: усвое́ние (usvojénije) — understanding
• Russian: обуча́емость (obučájemostʹ) — understanding
• Spanish: comprensión — understanding
• Spanish: comprehensión — understanding
• Swedish: begrepp — understanding
• Swedish: förståelse — understanding
• Catalan: abast — that which is accessible
• Finnish: käsillä — that which is accessible
• Finnish: käsissä — that which is accessible
• Greek: προσιτός (prositós) — that which is accessible
• Italian: a portata di mano — that which is accessible
• Portuguese: alcance — that which is accessible
• Spanish: alcance — that which is accessible
• Swedish: räckhåll — that which is accessible
• Swedish: grepp — that which is accessible
• Albanian: kap — to grip
• Arabic: مسك (misik) — to grip
• Arabic: مسك (msak) — to grip
• Arabic: شد (šadd) — to grip
• Arabic: قبط (qbaṭ) — to grip
• Armenian: կառչել (kaṙčʻel) — to grip
• Bulgarian: хващам (hvaštam) — to grip
• Bulgarian: улавям (ulavjam) — to grip
• Catalan: prendre — to grip
• Chinese Mandarin: 把握 (bǎwò) — to grip
• Chinese Mandarin: 握 (wò) — to grip
• Chinese Mandarin: 抓住 (zhuāzhù) — to grip
• Chinese Mandarin: 抓 (zhuā) — to grip
• Czech: stisknout — to grip
• Czech: uchopit — to grip
• Danish: gribe — to grip
• Dutch: grijpen — to grip
• Dutch: vastpakken — to grip
• Finnish: tarttua — to grip
• Finnish: puristaa — to grip
• French: saisir — to grip
• French: agripper — to grip
• German: greifen — to grip
• German: erfassen — to grip
• Greek: αδράχνω (adráchno) — to grip
• Greek: αρπάζω (arpázo) — to grip
• Greek: πιάνω (piáno) — to grip
• Italian: afferrare — to grip
• Italian: avvinghiare — to grip
• Italian: avvinghiarsi — to grip
• Italian: agguantare — to grip
• Japanese: 掴む (tsukamu) — to grip
• Latin: teneō — to grip
• Latin: prehendō — to grip
• Latin: sūmō — to grip
• Lithuanian: sugriebti — to grip
• Macedonian: зграпчи (zgrapči) — to grip
• Manchu: ᠵᠠᡶᠠᠮᠪᡳ (jafambi) — to grip
• Northern Mansi: а̄лмаяӈкве (ālmaâňkve) — to grip
• Māori: mamau — to grip
• Māori: nanao — to grip
• Māori: rarau — to grip
• Māori: aurara — to grip
• Māori: roromi — to grip
• Māori: romi — to grip
• Māori: rarawhi — to grip
• Māori: rawhi — to grip
• Māori: rawhirawhi — to grip
• Māori: whakatāmau — to grip
• Eastern Mari: авалташ (avaltaš) — to grip
• Norman: gaffer — to grip
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gripa — to grip
• Old English: āgrāpian — to grip
• Polish: trzymać — to grip
• Polish: chwytać — to grip
• Portuguese: agarrar — to grip
• Quechua: hap'iy — to grip
• Quechua: chariy — to grip
• Russian: хвата́ть (xvatátʹ) — to grip
• Russian: схва́тывать (sxvátyvatʹ) — to grip
• Russian: схвати́ть (sxvatítʹ) — to grip
• Sango: kamata — to grip
• Sanskrit: घिण्णते (ghiṇṇate) — to grip
• Sicilian: affirrari — to grip
• Spanish: agarrar — to grip
• Spanish: asir — to grip
• Spanish: aferrar — to grip
• Spanish: aprehender — to grip
• Swedish: fatta — to grip
• Swedish: gripa — to grip
• Swedish: greppa — to grip
• Telugu: పట్టుకొను (paṭṭukonu) — to grip
• Tocharian B: eṅk- — to grip
• Turkish: kavramak — to grip
• Ottoman Turkish: پنچهلمك (pençelemek) — to grip
• Ottoman Turkish: طوتمق (tutmak) — to grip
• Ottoman Turkish: آوجلامق (avuclamak) — to grip
• Volapük: gleipön — to grip
• Walloon: apicî — to grip
• Albanian: kap — to understand
• Bulgarian: схващам (shvaštam) — to understand
• Bulgarian: осъзнавам (osǎznavam) — to understand
• Catalan: comprendre — to understand
• Chinese Mandarin: 理解 (líjiě) — to understand
• Chinese Mandarin: 掌握 (zhǎngwò) — to understand
• Czech: pochopit — to understand
• Danish: begribe — to understand
• Danish: fatte — to understand
• Dutch: begrijpen — to understand
• Dutch: snappen — to understand
• Esperanto: kompreni — to understand
• Estonian: mõistma — to understand
• Estonian: aru saama — to understand
• Estonian: hoomama — to understand
• Finnish: tajuta — to understand
• Finnish: käsittää — to understand
• French: comprendre — to understand
• French: saisir — to understand
• German: begreifen — to understand
• German: verstehen — to understand
• German: erfassen — to understand
• Greek: πιάνω (piáno) — to understand
• Greek: κατανοώ (katanoó) — to understand
• Hungarian: felfog — to understand
• Hungarian: átérez — to understand
• Italian: afferrare — to understand
• Italian: capire — to understand
• Italian: comprendere — to understand
• Japanese: 分かる (wakaru) — to understand
• Konkani: कळचे (kaḷce) — to understand
• Latin: teneō — to understand
• Macedonian: сфати (sfati) — to understand
• Norwegian Bokmål: begripe — to understand
• Norwegian Bokmål: forstå — to understand
• Norwegian Bokmål: fatte — to understand
• Polish: rozumieć — to understand
• Polish: pojmować — to understand
• Portuguese: entender — to understand
• Portuguese: compreender — to understand
• Russian: понима́ть (ponimátʹ) — to understand
• Russian: поня́ть (ponjátʹ) — to understand
• Russian: схвати́ть (sxvatítʹ) — to understand
• Russian: усва́ивать (usváivatʹ) — to understand
• Spanish: comprender — to understand
• Spanish: comprehender — to understand
• Swedish: begripa — to understand
• Swedish: fatta — to understand
• Tamil: கிரகி (kiraki) — to understand
• Telugu: గ్రహించు (grahiñcu) — to understand
• Telugu: ఆకళింపు చేసుకొను (ākaḷimpu cēsukonu) — to understand
• Turkish: kavramak — to understand
• Ottoman Turkish: آڭلامق (anlamak) — to understand
• Greek: δράττομαι (dráttomai) — to take advantage of a situation or of something
• Greek: αρπάζω (arpázo) — to take advantage of a situation or of something
• Māori: haohao — to take advantage of a situation or of something
• Māori: hao — to take advantage of a situation or of something