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(n)
A tight grip.
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Understanding.
A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
(v)
(obsolete) To lay hold of; to seize.
A grasp or grip.
(transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
(by extension) To have an intense emotional dependency on (someone).
(literally) To hold onto something securely or closely.
(countable) A device with interlocking parts used for fastening things together, such as a fastener or a holder.
(automotive) A pedal in a manual transmission car that modulates the clutch mechanism, via clutch plate pressure.
The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
hold firmly, usually with one's hands
(countable) A sudden snatch at something.
The amount that a hand will grasp or contain.
(vehicles) A pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate when it is pressed.
(zoology) Pairing of organisms for copulation.
The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
(uncountable) Waste or debris, originally any mess but now particularly trash left or thrown on the ground.
A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
(adj)
Abbreviation of first. [Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.]
(zoology or paraphilia) The process or instance of ovipositing, laying eggs.
The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
An arrangement by which one thing is nested inside another.
A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
(transitive) To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.
(transitive) To grasp and remove quickly.
To make certain; to finalize.
a handbag used with evening wear
(chiefly Commonwealth) A small bag used chiefly by women for carrying various small personal items, sometimes considered as a fashion accessory.
A small bag for carrying money.
(countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
The act of transmitting, e.g. data (signals) or electric power.
That part of a car's transmission containing the train of gears, and to which the gear lever is connected.
The act of joining together to form a couple.
Alternative form of clutch. [(transitive) To seize, as though with claws.]
A curved, pointed, horny projection on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
(UK) A traditional building material mostly made of chalk or clay.
Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things that are apart together.
To take hold of something by grabbing; to seize.
(idiomatic) Wait a short while.
Alternative form of seize upon. [To grasp or take hold of (an object) suddenly, forcibly, or tightly.]
(figuratively, with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.
To hold in (or as if in) a clasp; to embrace
The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
To clap for; to applaud.
Obsolete form of grapple. [(transitive) To seize something and hold it firmly.]
An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
(obsolete) To seize; to clutch; to grapple.
To grasp firmly; to become attached to.
(biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
(transitive) To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
Any object that resembles one half of a pair of pincers.
Synonym of grab hold.
(transitive) To wrap around; enclose; encircle; surround.
(sometimes figurative) To hold on tightly; to grip hard or adhere.
(intransitive) To bite (something) very hard and usually for a purpose (like to hold it in one's mouth).
To hold very tightly, as to not fall off.
A ditch; a drain.
A grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off.
A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.
One who, or that which, clamps.
(transitive, UK dialectal, Yorkshire) To lay hold on; seize; grasp; catch; clutch.
(chiefly imperative) To wait a moment.
Archaic form of enclasp. [To hold in (or as if in) a clasp; to embrace]
The act of biting.
The handle of a tool or weapon.
Clothes that encircle the neck.
A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
A surname.
(transitive) To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
(transitive) Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.
(dated) To clasp.
(transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To draw or take in.
A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to.
A steel spur attached to a gamecock (sometimes used figuratively).
Alternative form of lay hold of. [(transitive) To seize; catch; apprehend.]
(obsolete, transitive) To embrace; cling to.
(transitive, rare, dialectal) To grasp around or about; grasp firmly, fully, or completely; apprehend.
(transitive) To grasp or hold in the hand.
To clasp again.
(technology) Flat, smooth surface produced by cleavage, or any similar surface produced by similar techniques, as in glass.
(onomatopoeia) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
A male given name transferred from the surname or from French, of occasional usage.
(US) An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.
(obsolete) To take hold of, to grasp.
(mining) A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate.