2. Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp.
3. Forcible possession; hold. The whole space that's in the tyrant's grasp. Shak.
4. Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey. The foremost minds of the next . . . era were not, in power of grasp, equal to their predecessors. Z. Taylor.
5. The handle of a sword or of an oar.
GRASPABLE
Grasp"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being grasped.
GRASPER
Grasp"er, n.
Defn: One who grasps or seizes; one who catches or holds.
GRASPING
Grasp"ing, a.
1. Seizing; embracing; catching.