n.
grasp
hold
1) to get a ~ on
2) to lose one's ~
3) to relax, release; tighten one's ~
4) a firm, iron, strong, tight, vise-like; loose, weak ~
control
5) to get a ~ on oneself
6) to lose one's ~
7) in the ~ of (in the ~ of a general strike)
device that ~s
8) a hair ~ ( BE ; AE has bobby pin )
stagehand
9) a first, key ~