1. grasp
exceed his grasp
I find these mathematical problems difficult to grasp.
This is a crucial step; you must go through the question over and over until you grasp thoroughly what the question requires of you when answering.
It's been hundreds of years since just one person could grasp the whole of scientific knowledge.
Some people find it easier to grasp the short-term effects of smoking.
Grasp all, lose all.
Pepperberg hoped that a similar system would help Alex grasp the meaning of words, not just their sounds.
But people still do not quite grasp who he is.
You can't grasp of your mother's skirt all your life.
What can happen if we don't grasp glass objects firmly enough?
grasp understand something so that you can use or do it properly
1. He has an excellent grasp of english. 2. I tried to pull him out but he slipped from my grasp. 3. Victory is within our grasp.
The old woman grasped my hand in hers, and pulled me towards her house / Henri has a fairly good grasp of English
Some, however, didn't believe DeGeneres had fully grasped why people found her tweet offensive.
The government has acknowledged that homeless is a problem but it has failed to grasp the scale of the problem.
2. grab
Grab him.
I had to grab her to keep her from falling.
In case of fire, I would grab my flute and escape.
You have to grab every opportunity life gives you.
I was so late I only had time to grab my coat and rush out of the door.
Set to poke up through the ground and grab you.
To catch the bull, grab its horns.
The two of you need to take the basket of apples over to your grandfather, the mother said. "You will grab it from one side, and you - from the other. And that's how you'll set out."
It might grab you, it might engage you more than anything else. He grabbed my interest and I started listening to his story.
I'll just grab a coffee and be with you in a second.
Grab - Take something quickly in your hand. eg The rober grabbed Mary's purse.
On seeing the shark the young women grabbed the capitain's arm and held onto him
if you grab something such as food or a drink, you take it from somewhere very quickly, especially because you are in a hurry
Lucy grabbed at the ropes, burning red stripes across her hands.
grab (n),
3. grasped
Few, if any, Americans grasped the significance of what had been accomplished.
He grasped the rope with two hands.
The opportunity was grasped at immediately.
The other grasped his arm.
I grasped the whole meaning of the book by reading.
The handle came away from the door when I grasped it.
He grasped her meaning clearly.
I readily grasped at his proposal.
I grasped the entire structure of his argument.
The drunken man grasped my collar and swore at me.