grip
A hold or way of holding, particularly with the handA hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
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Examples
127 sentencesMeaning
16 senses(countable, uncountable)A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands.
The ball will move differently depending on the grip used when throwing it.
Griff
захва́тzaxvát, хва́ткаxvátka, сжа́тиеsžátije
(countable, uncountable)A place to grip; a handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies.
Near-synonym: handgrip
There are several good grips on the northern face of this rock.
Griff
ру́чкаrúčka, рукоя́ткаrukojátka
(uncountable)Ability to resist slippage when pressed in contact with another object or surface.
These tyres are worn out and don't have much grip.
More meanings 13
(countable, uncountable)A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
(countable, uncountable)A device, or a portion of one, that grasps or holds fast to something.
The unthreaded portion of the bolt's shank is called the grip.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Control, power, or mastery over someone or something; a tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
We need to get a grip on these spiralling costs.
in the grip of a blackmailer
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Mental grasp.
He's losing his grip – he's practically senile.
For God's sake man, stop panicking and get a grip of yourself!
A device, or a portion of one, that grasps or holds fast to something.
(countable, uncountable)An apparatus attached to a car (e.g., cable car, funicular car, mine car) for clutching a traction cable.
(countable, uncountable)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.
(countable, uncountable)A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved by dragging with a mouse or finger.
(countable, uncountable)A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
A channel cut through a grass verge, especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway.
- the act of grasping
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
- the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)
Origin
Verb from Middle English grippen, from Old English grippan, from a Proto-Germanic *gripjanVerb from Middle English grippen, from Old English grippan, from a Proto-Germanic *gripjaną (compare Old High German gripfen); compare the related Old English grīpan, whence English gripe. See also grope, and the related Proto-Germanic *grīpaną.
From Middle English grip, grippe, gryppe (“a ditch, drain”), from Old English grēp (“a furrow, burrow”) and grēpe (“a furrow, ditch, drain”), from Proto-Germanic *grōpiz (“a furrow, groove”). Cognate with Middle Dutch grippe, gruppe (“ditch, drain”), greppe, German Low German Gruppe (“ditch, drain”). Related also to Old English grōp (“a ditch, drain”). More at groop.
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Forms
plural: gripsSynonyms
16 synonyms- the act of grasping:claspclenchclutchclutchesgrasphold
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it:handlehandgriphold
- a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes:bagtraveling bagtravelling bagsuitcase
- the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road):tractionadhesive friction
- an intellectual hold or understanding:grasp
- a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place:bobby pinhairgrip
Word family
48 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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