to grasp

Definition of to grasp in English English dictionary: fondle; To understand; To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand; that which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability
The goal is within my grasp.; {n} a gripe of the hand, seizure, hold; understanding; To seize your opponents sword arm or hilt, as referred to in the sixteenth and seventeenth century; This stands for Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedures It is a metaheuristic that uses restart to search many portions of the solution space Once it is started, some Heuristic is employed to reach a local optimum The choice for the local search can be very problem-specific, such as using an n-Opt neighborhood for the TSP, or it can use another metaheuristic, like simulated annealing or tabu search; hold firmly; A grasp is a very firm hold or grip. His hand was taken in a warm, firm grasp; To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive; If you say that something is in someone's grasp, you disapprove of the fact that they possess or control it. If something slips from your grasp, you lose it or lose control of it. The people in your grasp are not guests, they are hostages She allowed victory to slip from her grasp. the task of liberating a number of states from the grasp of tyrants; A grasp of something is an understanding of it. They have a good grasp of foreign languages; the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"; A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms; To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of; Forcible possession; hold; To grip; An acronym for a type of pattern Stands for General Responsibility Assignment Software Patterns; To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend; the limit of capability; "within the compass of education"; grip; If you say that something is within someone's grasp, you mean that it is very likely that they will achieve it. Peace is now within our grasp; {i} grip, clasp, hold; understanding, knowledge, realization; If you grasp something that is complicated or difficult to understand, you understand it. The Government has not yet grasped the seriousness of the crisis He instantly grasped that Stephen was talking about his wife; If you grasp something, you take it in your hand and hold it very firmly. He grasped both my hands She was trying to grasp at something. see also grasping; The handle of a sword or of an oar; {f} hold tight, grip; grab hold; understand, comprehend; get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"; Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey; understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices"; a firm controlling influence; "they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities"; "he was in the grip of a powerful emotion"; "a terrible power had her in its grasp"; that which is accessible; that which is within ones reach or ability; Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp