| grasp |
verb t. |
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. |
| grass |
noun |
Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the food of cattle and other beasts; pasture., An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generally jointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in pairs, and the seed single., The season of fresh grass; spring., Metaphorically used for what is transitory., To cover with grass or with turf., To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc., To bring to the grass or ground; to land; as, to grass a fish., To produce grass. |