grasped

4 definitions • 4 examples

past simple and past participle of

to quickly take something in your hand(s) and hold it firmly:

Rosie suddenly grasped my hand.

If you grasp an opportunity, you take it eagerly:

We must grasp every opportunity to strengthen economic ties with other countries.

to understand something, especially something difficult:

I think I managed to grasp the main points of the lecture.

The government has acknowledged that homelessness is a problem but it has failed to grasp the scale of the problem.