Grasp

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.

an intellectual hold or understanding; "a good grip on French history"; "they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities"; "he was in the grip of a powerful emotion"; "a terrible power had her in its grasp"

understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices"