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graspest

graspest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of grasp.

Meaning of grasp

Verb

grasp (third-person singular simple present grasps, present participle grasping, simple past and past participle grasped)

  1. 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
  2. To understand.
    • I have never been able to grasp the concept of infinity.
    Synonyms:
    comprehend, fathom
  3. To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.

See all 6 meanings of grasp

Origin of graspest

grasp + -est

Questions about graspest

What is graspest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Graspest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of grasp.

Words near graspest in the dictionary

  1. grasped
  2. grasped at straws
  3. grasped the nettle
  4. grasper
  5. graspers
  6. graspest
  7. graspeth
  8. graspful
  9. graspfuls
  10. grasping
  11. grasping for straws

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