To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the
fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.

To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly
acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend.

To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to
clutch; to struggle; to strive.

A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or
infolding in the arms.

Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding;
as, it was beyond his grasp.

Forcible possession; hold.

Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and
hold them under survey.

The handle of a sword or of an oar.