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grasps

grasps is the plural of grasp.

grasps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of grasp.

Meaning of grasp

Noun

grasp (plural grasps)

  1. (figuratively, sometimes) Grip.
    • A vagrant gust of wind snatched the note from my grasp.
  2. Understanding.
    • There is for the mind but one grasp of happiness: from that uppermost pinnacle of wisdom, whence we see that this world is well designed.1859, George Meredith, chapter 13, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC
  3. That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability.
    • The goal is within my grasp.

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Phrases with grasps

Questions about grasps

What is grasps the plural of?
Grasps is the plural of grasp.

Words near grasps in the dictionary

  1. graspingly
  2. graspingness
  3. graspings
  4. graspless
  5. grasplessness
  6. grasps
  7. grasps at straws
  8. grasps the nettle
  9. graspt
  10. grass
  11. grass assassin bug

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