ungrasp
ungrasp verb: to release one's grasp on; to let go of.
Verb
ungrasp (third-person singular simple present ungrasps, present participle ungrasping, simple past and past participle ungrasped)
- To release one's grasp on; to let go of.
- Cling to one person : ungrasp your hold of all other persons and things.1863 April, Jonathan Watson, “The Inheritance: And How to Reach It”, in The Baptist Magazine, volume 7, page 223
- Have they explained in terms the revivifying process by which the dead, cold hand of winter ungrasps its victims, to wear once more the charming glow of summer life ?1883, James Jackson Wray, Light from the old lamp, homespun homilies, page 192
Noun
ungrasp (plural ungrasps)
- The act of ungrasping; the release of something that is grasped.
- This means that the ungrasp of the object constraints the grasping.1991, S.G. Tzafestas, Engineering Systems with Intelligence
- For example, the system will select a grasp point for an object without concerning itself about possible problems during the ungrasp that is to be performed many steps in the future.1992, Alan A. Desrochers, Intelligent Robotic Systems for Space Exploration, page 302
Examples of ungrasp in a sentence
- Will death ungrasp his hard-locked treasure, when I shout in his deaf ear and say, Restore My stolen gold, and give me back my gems?1877, Horatius Bonar, My Old Letters, page 87:
- Ungrasp your ankles; lie down in the original position and repeat another time for 10 seconds.1975, Satya Prakash, Pātañjala Rāja Yoga, page 144:
- After the grasping orientation has been decided, find the proper locations for the grasp and ungrasp of the gripper.2012, B.O. Nnaji, Theory of Automatic Robot Assembly and Programming, page 89:
Forms of ungrasp
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | ungrasps |
| present participle | ungrasping |
| past participle | ungrasped |
| past | ungrasped |
| Noun | |
| plural | ungrasps |
Origin of ungrasp
From un- + grasp.
Questions about ungrasp
- What does ungrasp mean?
- Ungrasp means to release one's grasp on; to let go of.
- How do you use ungrasp in a sentence?
- Will death ungrasp his hard-locked treasure, when I shout in his deaf ear and say, Restore My stolen gold, and give me back my gems?
- What part of speech is ungrasp?
- Ungrasp can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of ungrasp?
- The past tense of ungrasp is ungrasped.
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