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.