I.
noun
1 holding sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ firm , tight ( esp. AmE )
▪
She felt a firm ~ on her hand.
VERB + GRASP
▪ slip from
▪
As she jumped forward, the ball slipped from her ~.
▪ escape , slip out of ( usually figurative )
▪
He slipped out of our ~ ( = he escaped ).
▪ prise sth from ( BrE ), pry sth from ( esp. AmE ), rip sth from , snatch sth from , wrench sth from , wrest sth from
▪
She wrenched the bottle from his ~.
▪ tighten ( esp. AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ beyond your ~
▪
The key was on a high shelf, just beyond her ~.
▪ in your ~
▪
He kept the letter firmly in his ~.
▪ from sb's ~
▪
The robber tried to free the case from her ~.
▪ out of sb's ~
▪
She kicked the gun out of his ~.
▪ within (your) ~ ( often figurative )
▪
Just when victory seemed within ~, the referee blew his whistle.
2 understanding
ADJECTIVE
▪ firm , good , impressive , solid , strong
▪ feeble , limited , poor , shaky , tenuous
▪ intellectual
▪
The task was beyond the intellectual ~ of some of the students.
▪ intuitive
▪
We have no intuitive ~ of the immensity of time.
VERB + GRASP
▪ have
▪ get
▪
Working with native speakers helped me get a good ~ of the language.
PREPOSITION
▪ beyond sb's ~
▪
These ideas are all beyond his ~.
▪ within sb's ~
▪ ~ of
▪
a poor ~ of mathematics
II.
verb
1 take hold of sb/sth suddenly and firmly
ADVERB
▪ firmly , tightly
PREPOSITION
▪ at
▪
Her hands were ~ing at his coat.
▪ by
▪
She ~ed him tightly by the wrist.
PHRASES
▪ ~ hold of sb/sth
▪
She ~ed hold of the banister to support herself.
2 understand sth
ADVERB
▪ fully
▪
He had not fully ~ed the fact that he was the one who would pay for all this.
▪ not quite , not really
▪
I hadn't really ~ed what they were talking about.
▪ quickly
▪ easily , readily
▪
a means by which students can more easily ~ the basics of science
VERB + GRASP
▪ try to
▪ be unable to , fail to
▪
She failed to ~ the significance of these facts.
▪ quick to
▪
He was quick to ~ the basic principles.
▪ be difficult to , be hard to
▪
Some of these concepts are very difficult to ~.
Grasp is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ hand
Grasp is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ arm , ↑ basics , ↑ chance , ↑ complexity , ↑ concept , ↑ edge , ↑ elbow , ↑ end , ↑ enormity , ↑ essence , ↑ essentials , ↑ fact , ↑ fundamentals , ↑ hand , ↑ handle , ↑ hold , ↑ implication , ↑ importance , ↑ intricacy , ↑ magnitude , ↑ meaning , ↑ opportunity , ↑ rail , ↑ reality , ↑ rein , ↑ seriousness , ↑ significance , ↑ situation , ↑ subtlety , ↑ truth , ↑ wrist