"grip" Definition

Definitions for the word "grip" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
The griffin.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A small ditch or furrow.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To trench; to drain.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v.
(-pp-) 1 a grasp tightly. B take a firm hold, esp. By friction. 2 compel the attention of. n. 1 a firm hold; tight grasp. B manner of grasping or holding. 2 power of holding attention. 3 a intellectual mastery. B effective control of one''s behaviour etc. (lose one''s grip). 4 a part of a machine that grips. B part by which a weapon etc. Is held. 5 = *hairgrip. 6 travelling bag. come (or get) to grips with approach purposefully; begin to deal with. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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