Definitions from Wiktionary (grip)
▸ verb: (transitive or intransitive) To take hold (of), particularly with the hand.
▸ verb: (transitive) To figuratively take hold of or grasp.
▸ verb: (transitive) Of an emotion or situation: to have a strong effect upon.
▸ verb: (transitive) To firmly hold the attention of.
▸ noun: A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Ability to resist slippage when pressed in contact with another object or surface.
▸ noun: A place to grip; a handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies.
▸ noun: A device, or a portion of one, that grasps or holds fast to something.
▸ noun: An apparatus attached to a car (e.g., cable car, funicular car, mine car) for clutching a traction cable.
▸ noun: (figurative) Assistance; help; encouragement.
▸ noun: (figurative) Someone who is helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring.
▸ noun: (figurative) Control, power, or mastery over someone or something; a tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
▸ noun: (figurative) Mental grasp.
▸ noun: A medium-sized bag or holdall for one's belongings, made of soft leather, canvas etc., and carried in the hand by two handles, one either side of the opening.
▸ noun: (graphical user interface) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved by dragging with a mouse or finger.
▸ noun: (film or television production) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
▸ noun: (slang) As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
▸ noun: (chiefly Southern California slang) A lot of something.
▸ noun: (chiefly Southern California slang) A long time.
▸ noun: (archaic except rail transport) A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
▸ noun: (dialectal) A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
▸ noun: A channel cut through a grass verge, especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway.
▸ verb: (dialectal) To trench; to drain.
▸ noun: Archaic spelling of grippe (“influenza”). [(pathology, dated) Influenza, the flu.]
▸ Also see grip
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▸ verb: (transitive or intransitive) To take hold (of), particularly with the hand.
▸ verb: (transitive) To figuratively take hold of or grasp.
▸ verb: (transitive) Of an emotion or situation: to have a strong effect upon.
▸ verb: (transitive) To firmly hold the attention of.
▸ noun: A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Ability to resist slippage when pressed in contact with another object or surface.
▸ noun: A place to grip; a handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies.
▸ noun: A device, or a portion of one, that grasps or holds fast to something.
▸ noun: An apparatus attached to a car (e.g., cable car, funicular car, mine car) for clutching a traction cable.
▸ noun: (figurative) Assistance; help; encouragement.
▸ noun: (figurative) Someone who is helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring.
▸ noun: (figurative) Control, power, or mastery over someone or something; a tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
▸ noun: (figurative) Mental grasp.
▸ noun: A medium-sized bag or holdall for one's belongings, made of soft leather, canvas etc., and carried in the hand by two handles, one either side of the opening.
▸ noun: (graphical user interface) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved by dragging with a mouse or finger.
▸ noun: (film or television production) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
▸ noun: (slang) As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
▸ noun: (chiefly Southern California slang) A lot of something.
▸ noun: (chiefly Southern California slang) A long time.
▸ noun: (archaic except rail transport) A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
▸ noun: (dialectal) A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
▸ noun: A channel cut through a grass verge, especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway.
▸ verb: (dialectal) To trench; to drain.
▸ noun: Archaic spelling of grippe (“influenza”). [(pathology, dated) Influenza, the flu.]
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