grasped
UK/ɡɹɑːspt//ɡɹæspt/
grasped is the simple past and past participle of grasp.
Meaning of grasp
Verb
grasp (third-person singular simple present grasps, present participle grasping, simple past and past participle grasped)
- To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
- How few! yet how they creep / Through my fingers to the deep, / While I weep—while I weep! / O God! can I not grasp / Them with a tighter clasp?1849 March 31, Edgar Allan Poe, “A Dream Within a Dream”, in The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe: […], volumes II (Poems and Miscellanies), New York, N.Y.: J. S. Redfield, […], published 1850...
- Synonyms:
- clasp
- To understand.
- I have never been able to grasp the concept of infinity.
- Synonyms:
- comprehend, fathom
- To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.
- Synonyms:
- jump at the chance, jump on
Words formed from grasped
Phrases with grasped
Words that rhyme with grasped
Questions about grasped
- What is grasped the simple past and past participle of?
- Grasped is the simple past and past participle of grasp.
- How do you pronounce grasped?
- Grasped is pronounced /ɡɹæspt/ (US).
Words near grasped in the dictionary
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