Grip

Definition: Grip

Grip

Noun

1. The act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing".

2. The appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it.

3. A portable rectangular traveling bag for carrying clothes; "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him".

4. The friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road).

5. Worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made.

6. A firm controlling influence; "he was in the grip of a powerful emotion" or "a terrible power had her its grasp".

7. A flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place; "in England they call a bobby pin a grip".

Verb

1. Hold fast or firmly; "He gripped the steering wheel".

2. To grip or seize, as in a wrestling match; "the two men grappled with each other for several minutes".

3. To render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe: "The eye of the Ancient Mariner fascinated the wedding guest." Burton; "The serpent fascinates its prey,..by the power of his eyes." Todd & Bowman.

4. Hold firmly.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "grip" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references)

Computing

Building & Civil Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Occupations

Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

GRIP

GRIP

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Grip

Authority

Hold, grasp; grip, gripe; reach; iron sway; (severity); fangs, clutches, talons; rod of empire; (scepter).

Courtesy

Obeisance; (reverence); bow, courtesy, curtsy, scrape, salaam, kotow, kowtow, bowing and scraping; kneeling; genuflection; (worship); obsequiousness; capping, shaking hands; Verb: grip of the hand, embrace, hug, squeeze, accolade, loving cup, vin d'honneur, pledge; love token; (endearment); kiss, buss, salute.

Disease

Ague, angina pectoris, appendicitis; Asiatic cholera, spasmodic cholera; biliary calculus, kidney stone, black death, bubonic plague, pneumonic plague; blennorrhagia, blennorrhoea; blood poisoning, bloodstroke, bloody flux, brash; breakbone fever, dengue fever, malarial fever, Q-fever; heart attack, cardiac arrest, cardiomyopathy; hardening of the arteries, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis; bronchocele, canker rash, cardialgia, carditis, endocarditis; cholera, asphyxia; chlorosis, chorea, cynanche, dartre; enanthem, enanthema; erysipelas; exanthem, exanthema; gallstone, goiter, gonorrhea, green sickness; grip, grippe, influenza, flu; hay fever, heartburn, heaves, rupture, hernia, hemorrhoids, piles, herpes, itch, king's evil, lockjaw; measles, mumps, polio; necrosis, pertussis, phthisis, pneumonia, psora, pyaemia, pyrosis, quinsy, rachitis, ringworm, rubeola, St. Vitus's dance, scabies, scarlatina, scarlet fever, scrofula, seasickness, struma, syntexis, tetanus, tetter, tonsillitis, tonsilitis, tracheocele, trachoma, trismus, varicella, varicosis, variola, water qualm, whooping cough; yellow fever, yellow jack.

Receptacle

Chest, box, coffer, caddy, case, casket, pyx, pix, caisson, desk, bureau, reliquary; trunk, portmanteau, band-box, valise; grip, grip sack; skippet, vasculum; boot, imperial; vache; cage, manger, rack.

Retention

Noun: retention; retaining; Verb: keep, detention, custody; tenacity, firm hold, grasp, gripe, grip, iron grip.

Strength

Adamant, steel, iron, oak, heart of oak; iron grip; grit, bone.

Taking

Get hold of, lay hold of, take hold of, catch hold of, lay fast hold of, take firm hold of; lay by the heels, take prisoner; fasten upon, grip, grapple, embrace, gripe, clasp, grab, clutch, collar, throttle, take by the throat, claw, clinch, clench, make sure of.

Clutch, swoop, wrench; grip; (retention); haul, take, catch; scramble.

Tenacity

Noun: {ant. } tenacity, toughness, strength; (cohesion); grip, grasp, stickiness, (cohesion); sequacity; stubbornness. (obstinacy); glue, cement, glutinousness, sequaciousness, viscidity, (semiliquidity).

Grip, grasp, stick (cohesion).

Crosswords: Grip

Albanian (flu, grip, grippe, influenza), Catalan (flu, grip, influenza), Dutch (adhesion), Papiamen (flu, grip, influenza), Romansch (rock), Serbo-Croatian (flu, grippe, influenza), Swedish (griffin, griffon), Turkish (flu, grippe, influenza).

I'm losing my grip! (Sabrina the Animated Series; writing credit: Josh Stolberg)

Hurry up, you kids, I'm losing my grip! (Life with Louie; writing credit: Martin Miehe-Renard; Mette Andersen Ottesen)

Oh, don't deny it, Lieutenant! You're like a little shaggy-haired terrier who's got a grip on my trousers, you won't let go. I can't turn around without you staring up at me with that blank, innocent expression on your face (Columbo: Negative Reaction; writing credit: Peter S. Fischer)

You've got a mighty strong grip for a boy. (Meet Me in St. Louis; writing credit: Sally Benson; Irving Brecher)

And finally, he was holding his squeegee with an overlapping lacrosse grip. (Get Smart; writing credit: Shinichi Sekizawa; Futaro Yamada)

I'm startin' to trip, I'm losin' my grip (Losing Grip; performing artist: AVRIL LAVIGNE)

And when I lost my grip (Amazing; performing artist: Aerosmith)

Pimpin' ho's and clockin' a grip like my name was Dolomite (Nuthin But A "G" Thang; performing artist: Dr. Dre)

Icy grip, tellin me to leave wit you and your friends (Ride Wit Me (Featuring City Spud); performing artist: Nelly)

Get too hot when you touch the tip, I'm feelin' it, I gotta getta grip (You Make Me Sick; performing artist: Pink)

Give me the gift of a grip top sock: a drip-drape, ship-shape, tip-top sock. (references; author: unknown)

Grip of the Strangler (1958)

The Grip (1933)

In His Grip (1921)

The Grip of Iron (1920)

Passing the Grip (1917)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Breaking the Grip of Dangerous Emotions (reference)

• Getting a Grip (reference)

• Getting a Grip on the Basics (reference)

• Grip It & Rip It: Garfield's Guide to Golf (reference)

• In His Grip (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• In The Grip Of Evil (reference)

• Bodyshaping Grip System Max (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Get a Grip [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference)

• The Grip (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Canon Grip Extension GR70 (reference)

• Hakuba Camera Grip (reference)

• Mad Catz Rechargeable Battery Grip for Game Boy Advance (reference)

• Intuos2 12x18 USB Tablet & S/w with intous2 Grip Pen & 4d Mouse (reference)

• Wacom Intuos2 12x12 USB Tablet & S/W with Intous2 Grip Pen & 4d Mouse (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Stanley 58-930 3-Piece Cushion Grip Nail Set (reference)

• Bosch 1584AVSK Barrel Grip Jig Saw with Case--with Free 10-Piece Blade Set a $14.99 Value (reference)

• Rain Bird T3TFC Metal Trigger Nozzle with PVC grip (reference)

• Bosch 11224VSRK 7/8" Pistol Grip SDS Rotary Hammer--Includes 5 piece Chisel & Bit Set a $29.99 Value! (reference)

• Gator Grip ETC-200MO Universal Socket (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Snorkeler retrieves ghost traps from the grip of a submersible. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

My lord the earl Grip. Credit: Library of Congress.

Atlantic coast states in grip of storm. Credit: Library of Congress.

Breakwater in Buffalo Harbor, New York, 1891, showing dump and grip cars for transporting concrete from mixers on cable road--Filling in between foundation blocks / Hall and Co., Photographers, Buffalo, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.

Tightening the grip. Credit: Library of Congress.

The successful, romantic drama, A grip of steel. Credit: Library of Congress.

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With the umbrella in its mouth, its jaws were so far apart that it could get no firm grip on the parasol

He could not grip the floor with his feet and sat heavily at his desk, opening one of his books at random and poring over it.

Al shifted himself on the broken seat and changed his grip on the steering wheel

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Alcoholics are in the grip of a powerful “craving,” or uncontrollable need, for alcohol that overrides their ability to stop drinking. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cuba

The president of FCDH, Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leyva, said that he was hit in the face, that he lost his glasses (Gonzalez Leyva is blind), and was held in a painful grip. (references)

Economic History

Latvia

From 1804 onwards, a series of local decrees gradually weakened the grip of German nobility over peasant society, and in 1849 a law granted a legal basis for the creation of peasant-owned farms. (references)

Togo

However, Kodjo was forced to reshuffle his government in late 1995, strengthening the representation by Eyadema's RPT party, and he resigned in August 1996. Since then, Eyadema has reemerged with a sure grip on power, controlling most aspects of government. (references)

Minorities

Libya

The Government has manipulated the tribes to maintain a grip on power by rewarding some tribes with money and government positions and repressing and jailing members of various other tribes. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "grip": a grip of steel ♦ bulldog grip ♦ chair grip ♦ get a grip ♦ get a grip on ♦ get a grip on oneself ♦ get a grip on yourself! ♦ grip brake ♦ Grip car ♦ grip handle ♦ grip in a chuck ♦ grip like a vice ♦ grip pliers ♦ grip the road ♦ grip with jointed blades ♦ hand grip ♦ iron grip ♦ miss smb.'s grip ♦ palm grip hand knob ♦ pistol grip ♦ precision grip ♦ scissor grip ♦ scissors grip ♦ slip from smb.'s grip ♦ that has a good grip ♦ tighten one's grip over ♦ Vulcan death grip. Additional references.

Beginning with "grip": grip-end, grip-it-and-rip-it, grip-plates, grip-vice.

Ending with "grip": death-grip, Shelf-grip.

Containing "grip": claw-and-grip-tipped.

Afrikaans

gryp (clutch, grab, grasp, seize), griep (flu, influenza). (various references)

Albanian

grip (flu, grippe, influenza), mjet kapës (grip-vice), dorezë (butt, crook, glove, gripe, griping, haft, handgrip, handle, joystick, knob, stock, tommy bar), kap (affect, apprehend, arrest, attack, avail oneself of, captivate, capture, catch, catch on, catch out, catch up, clasp, clutch, cop, embrace, gain, get, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, gripe, handle, have, hitch, hold, hook, intercept, nab, nail, nip, nobble, overcome, overtake, pick up, pinch, reach, rummage out, seize, snap, snatch, soak up, swoop, tackle, take, track down, unhang), kapje (apprehension, arrest, attachment, catch, catchment, clasp, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, gripe, griping, hitch, hold, holding, hook, hug, interception, jaw, prehension, purchase, recapture, seizing, snatch, uptake), kontroll (checkup, clutches, control, disposal, exam, examination, hand, hands, inspection, mastery, monitoring, probe, restraint, search, supervision, swaddling clothes, verification), mbërthej (brace, clasp, clench, clip, clutch, corner, do up, enchain, fasten, hold, hook, hook up, make fast, nab, paw, peg, seize, snatch), dhimbje (ache, agony, anguish, distress, dolor, dolour, heartache, misery, pain, sorrow, sympathy, throe), mbajtje (delivery, deterrence, gripe, hold, holding, keeping, maintenance, occupancy, prehension, preservation, retention, support, tenure, tote, wear), vegël shtrënguese, punëtor skene (flyman, scene shifter, stagehand), rrok (catch, grasp, gripe, raw, snatch), rrokje (grasp, gripe, snatch, syllable), sëmbim (pang, prick, prickle, stab, twinge), shtrëngim (clutch, coercion, compulsion, constriction, constringency, contraction, fastening, grasp, gripe, griping, hug, jam, jamming, jaw, pinch, pressure, restraint, squeeze, strangulation), shtrëngoj (bind, brace, buckle, clamp, clasp, clench, clip, clutch, coerce, compel, compress, constrict, enforce, fasten, force, grapple, grasp, gripe, hold, hug, jam, keep, oblige, pinch, press, restrict, screw, shake, squash, squeeze, strain, strangle, tighten, vice, wring), sundim (dispensation, dominance, domination, dominion, gripe, lordship, Raj), mbërthim (brace, fastening, grapple, grappling iron, grasp, hook, seizing). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مقبض (grasp, grip handle, haft, handgrip, handle, inlet, lever, lug, panhandle, power outlet, shaft, shank, socket, squeeze, stick), ‏مسكة, ‏قبضة (authority, clasp, clutch, control, fist, fistful, handful, hold, holding, pinch), ‏قبض على (apprehend, capture, catch, clasp, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, hold, seize upon, take hold of), ‏حقيبة سفر (suitcase, valise, wallet), ‏سيطر (boss, command, control, dominate, govern, keep, master, overcome, overpower, possess, predominate, reign, repress, rule, sew up, take control, wield), ‏أمسك (bite, catch, cradle, get hold of, grasp, gripe, hold, lay hold of, refrain, withhold). (various references)

Bulgarian 

хващам (capture, catch, clamp, find out, get, grab, grapple, grasp, gripe, hook, hunt down, land, nail, nip, nobble, pick up, pot, prey upon, run down, seize, snag, strike, take, take effect, take up, track down), дръжка (arm, bail, ear, gripe, haft, handgrip, handle, helve, hold, lever, peduncle, petiole, pull, shank, stem, stock), държа здраво (clench, grasp, hold), завладявам вниманието на, закачам се (grapple, hang oneself, lark, rot, snag), захващам, захващащо приспособление, обхващам (comprehend, comprise, embed, encompass, envelop, include, obsess, overcome, overtake, pervade, possess, seize, span, spread, take in), влияние (action, coloring, colouring, credit, dominance, domination, drag, effect, empire, force, gripe, hold, impact, influence, interest, leaven, prestige, pull, punch, purchase, reach, stimulus, sway), власт (arm, attribution, authority, authorization, control, disposition, grasp, gripe, hand, helm, hold, jurisdiction, lordship, mastership, mastery, obedience, potency, power, reign, rule), вкопчване (clinch), грип (flu, flue, influenza), гриф (fingerboard, griffin, griffon), контрол (charge, control, disposition, grasp, gripe, hold, lordship, oversight, superintendence, whip hand), действувам (act, affect, move, operate, proceed), спазма (jerk, spasm), стискане (clench, gripe, press, squeeze, wring), стисвам (gripe, lock), улавяне (catch, clutch, grasp, gripe, purchase), улавям (catch, catch out, clutch, detect, entrap, get, grapple, grasp, gripe, mesh, pick up), сковавам (benumb, numb), куфарче (gripsack, valise), самообладание (countenance, equanimity, nerve, repose, restraint, self control, self possession, self-command, self-mastery, temper, willpower), хватка (clutch, grasp, hold, lock, wrist), ръчка (ear, gripe, handle, helve, lever, rein, tiller, tommy bar), ръкостискане (handgrip, handshake, shake), разбиране (apprehension, comprehension, conception, feeling, grasp, hold, idea, knowing, opinion, perception, realization, taste, understanding, uptake), разбирам (apprehend, catch on, comprehend, cotton, discover, fathom, figure out, find out, follow, grasp, have, latch, make out, penetrate, perceive, pick up, realize, riddle, rumble, see, see through, sense, take, take in, think, understand, work out), хващане (caption, catch, catching, grasp, gripe, handhold, hold, holding, prehension, purchase), сценичен работник (scene shifter, stagehand), сак (carryall, kitbag, landing net, sack, vesicle, wallet). (various references)

Catalan

grip (flu, influenza). (various references)

Chinese 

把手 (handle, knob), 握力 , 握住 (hold), 夹子 (Clip, CLIPS, Pincers, Pinchers). (various references)

Czech

uchopit (clench, clutch, get, get hold of, grasp, seize, take, take up), chvat (clutch, expedition, haste, hold, hurry), držadlo (handle, holder, shaft, strap), popadnout (get hold of, grab, grasp, seize, snatch, snatch up, tackle, whip up), sevřít (clasp, clench, close, clutch, constrict, grasp, gripe, hem in, lock in), sevření (clasp, clutch, constriction, holdfast, pinch, squeeze), sponka (fastener, slide, staple), brašna (bag, wallet), uchopení (clutch, hold, prehension, seizing), zaujmout (catch, hold, preoccupy, take), uchvátit (carry away, catch up, electrify, enthral, enthrall, fascinate, ravish, usurp), upoutat (become engrossed in reading, captivate, capture, catch his eye, fix, tie down), vak (pouch, sac), zábìr (bite, shot, stroke, take), zabírat (cover, grip the road), zabrat (annex, be effective, commandeer, confiscate, impound, occupy, requisition, take, take in, take on, take up), stisk (press, squeeze). (various references)

Danish

gribe (clutch, get, grab, grasp, lay hold of, pick up, seize, take). (various references)

Dutch

bemachtigen (clutch, grab, grasp, seize). (various references)

Esperanto

gripo (flu, influenza), ekkapti (clutch, grab, grasp, seize). (various references)

Faeroese

krímsjúka (flu, influenza), krím (flu, influenza). (various references)

Farsi 

محکم گرفتن (Clam, Clip, Clutch, Gripe, Hug), نیروی گرفتن , نهرکندن (Rib), نهرکوچک (Gill, Rivulet, Streamlet), چنگ زنی (Grasp), چنگ (Claw, Clutch, Grapple, Gripe, Nail, Sackbut, Uncus), چسبیدن به (Hang, Snap), گریپ (Grippe, Influenza), انفلوانزا (Grippe), ادراک ودریافت . (various references)

Finnish

tarttua (be contagious, be infectious, be transmitted, bite, catch, catch hold of, clutch, get stuck, grab, grasp, lodge, seize, snatch, stick), ote (extract, grasp, hold), kouraista (grasp), kiinnityspituus (clamping length, grip length), kiinnittää (affix, attach, determine, fasten, fix, make fast, secure), kahva (handle, hilt, knob). (various references)

French

saisir (grab, grapple, grasp, gripe), prise (grasp), poignée (grip handle), grippe (grippe), agripper (grab, grasp). (various references)

Frisian

gryp (flu, influenza), beetpakke (clutch, grab, grasp, seize), beetkrije (clutch, grab, grasp, seize). (various references)

German

packen (bundle, catch, clench, enthrall, go about, grab, grapple, grasp, gripe, heap, make up, manage, pack, pack up, package, packing, pile, seize, stack, Stow, thrill, to pack, wrap up), griffigkeit (pithiness, terseness), griff (butt, chord, clasp, clutch, feel, fingering, grab, grasp, grasping, gripe, haft, handle, head, hilt, hold, knob, snatch, taking hold, talon, tongs, touching), greifen (bite, catch, clasp, clutch, grab, grasp, grope, hold, reach, seize, snatch, span, strike, take hold of, to snatch), fassen (apprehend, bite, captivate, capture, catch, contain, draw, express, feel, frame, gather, gather in, get, grab, grapple, grasp, gripe, hold, lay hold of, make, Mount, mounting, pass, pick up, seize, set, subsume, surround, take, take hold of, to subsume, touch, understand), ergreifen (adopt, affect, agitate, apprehend, captivate, capture, catch, catch at, clasp, clutch, embrace, grab, grapple, grasp, gripe, griping, move, overcome, resort to, seize, take up, to catch hold of, to take hold of). (various references)

Greek 

λαβή (clutch, haft, handle, heft, knob, lug, pommel, pummel), πιάνω (catch, clutch, come over, corral, grasp, hold, hook, mesh, nab, nip, pick up, tackle), χειρολαβή (hand grip, handgrip, handle). (various references)

Hebrew 

מתפס, מזודה קטנה, מחזק (handle, holder), מאחז (grasp, handle), ידית (haft, handle, lug, shaft), לשלוט (be proficient, command, control, dominate, govern, manage, master, predominate, rule), לאחוז (catch, connect, fasten, get hold of, grasp, hold, port, seize), להחזיק (hold, keep, maintain, wield), להאחז (grasp, hold on, keep), תפש (clasp, hold), אחז (grasp, handle). (various references)

Hungarian

markolat (gripe, haft, handle, hilt), influenza (flu, flue, grippe, influenza). (various references)

Indonesian

genggaman (clench, grasp), pegangan (banister, catch, clutch, handle, knob), cengkraman (hold), cengkram, cengkam (squreze). (various references)

Irish

greim. (various references)

Italian

afferrare (apprehend, catch, clutch, get, grab, grapple, grasp, gripe, Nick, penetrate, seize, snap up, snatch, snatch up, tackle, take), impugnatura (butt, grasp, haft, handle, hilt). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

掴み所 (hold, point), 掴み , 柄 (design, haft, handgrip, handle, hilt, pattern), 把持 (grasp, hold), 把手 (handle, knob), 把っ手 (handle, knob), 握力 , 握り (handle), 取手 (handle, knob), 取っ手 (handle, knob), グリオキシル酸回路 (glissade, glycerin, glycerol, glycine, glycogen, glyoxylate cycle, grease, Greenwich, grid, gridding, grinding against, rubbing against and turn). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

つかみどころ (hold, point), つかみ, にぎり (handle), あくりょく, グリップ , はしゅ (handle, knob, planting, seeding, sowing), はじ (embarrassment, grasp, hold, shame), とって (handle, knob), え (bay, depending on, drawing, -fold, handle, inlet, painting, picture, -ply, sketch, type of beefsteak plant, understanding). (various references)

Korean 

그립. (various references)

Manx

greimmey (adhere, adherence, adherence of person, adhesion, attach, bite, bite off, catch, clutch, fishing tackle, grab, grasp, gripping, hold, jam, lock in, monopolization, nab, pin on, seize, seizing, snap, snatch, snatch away, snatching, stick, stitch, stitch up, tooth), greimman, greim (bit, bite, catch, clutch, commissure, gobbet, grab, grasp, handhold, hold, monopolize, morsel, piece, snap, snatch, tack, tack needlework), cummal (abode, arrest, celebrate, celebration, contain, containment, contents, dwelling place, hold, inhabit, keep, live, residence, retain). (various references)

Norwegian

gripe (captivate, capture, catch, grab, grapple, grasp), grep (grasp, hold), fengsle (captivate, imprison, jail). (various references)

Papiamen

grip (flu, influenza), koi (clutch, grab, grasp, have sex, make love, screw, seize), kohe (clutch, grab, grasp, have sex, make love, screw, seize). (various references)

Pig Latin

ipgray.(various references)

Polish

grypa (flu, influenza). (various references)

Portuguese

punho (duke, fist, grasp, haft, handgrip, handhold, handle, knob, wrist), gripe (flu, grippe, influenza), cabo (bight, cable, cape, cord, corporal, end, flex, foreland, gripe, guy, hand, handle, headland, helve, hilt, hokum, hook, hub, knob, leg pull, naze, non-com, non-commissioned officer, preventer, rope, stock, tail), aperto (abashment, bind, choke, clamping, clench, clutch, crush, grasp, gripe, hug, hustle, jam, jamming, narrowness, perplexity, pinch, screw, shake, squeeze, stricture, tightness). (various references)

Romanian

strânsoare (grasp, pinch, pinching, restraint, strictness), strângere (accumulation, amassment, clench, collection, constriction, contraction, gripe, hug, jam, nip, squeeze), stãpânire (authority, command, continence, control, demesne, dominance, domination, dominion, empire, enjoyment, government, hand, holding, keeping, lordship, masterdom, mastery, ownership, possession, reign, rule, sovereignty, sway), reţine atenţia cuiva, prindere (bout, catch, catchment, gripe, hold, hug, nip, seizure, take, taking), prinde (acquire, apprehend, attach, bind, book, captivate, capture, catch, catch hold of, clasp, clot, comprehend, cop, Curdle, engage, ferret, find out, fish, fix, get hold of, grapple, grasp, gripe, grow, hang, have, hit, hitch, intercept, nail, nip, overhear, pin down, reach, recruit, regain, round up, seize, set, shut, stitch, strike, succeed, tack, take, tie, work), cuprinde (accommodate, admit, aggregate, carry, come over, comprehend, comprise, conquer, contain, cover, embosom, embrace, enlace, envelop, grasp, Harbor, harbour, include, includes, overtake, prepossess, receive, reckon, see, seize, span), control (censorship, check, check up, checking, control, direction, examination, grasp, hand, intendance, issue, observation, review, supervision, surveillance, survey, test, verification), apucare (bout, catch, clutch, grab, grapnel, grasp, gripe, hold, hug, nip, pluck, prehension, purchase, seizing, seizure, snatch), apuca (apprehend, captivate, capture, catch, clutch, comprehend, experience, grab, grapple, grasp, gripe, nab, nip, pull up, seize, snap, snatch, take), înhãţare (grab), încleştare (clench, clenching, fight, handgrip, scuffle), înţelegere (accommodation, accord, agreement, apprehension, arrangement, compact, compliance, composition, comprehension, comprehensiveness, concert, concord, concordat, connivance, convention, covenant, goodwill, grasp, insight, intelligence, knowing, mindfulness, perception, prehension, realization, sympathy, understanding, unity). (various references)

Russian 

рукоятка (control lever, grasp, haft, handgrip, handhold, handle, hilt, holder, lever, stele, stick, tiller), зажим (adapter, clamp, clasp, clinch, clip, cramp, dog, gripe, lock), захват (caption, capture, catch, dog, grab, grapnel, hold, hug, jaw, lockout, seizure, take over, taking), захватывать (absorb, clench, enrapture, enthrall, grab, hijack, invade, invaded, overwhelm, possess, preempt, reconquer, seize, seize on, seizes, seizing), небольшая канава, овладевать вниманием, власть (ascendancy, ascendency, attribution, authority, clutch, control, domination, governance, gripe, hand, helm, hold, mastery, power, sway), грипп (flu, flue, grippe, influenza), инфлюэнца (influenza), цепкость ума, схватывать зажим;чемодан, рукоять (handle), ручка (arm, haft, handle, holder, knob, lug, pen, penholder, pud, pud 1, shaft, stick, stock), способность понять, саквояж (carpetbag, gripsack, handbag, kit bag, valise), сжимание (clench, oppression), сжимать (clasp, clench, compress, constrict, contract, jam, pinch, shrank, shrunk, squeeze, squeezed, strain, strangulate, tighten, vice, vise), схватывание (grasp, gripe), схватывать (catch, caught 2, cotton on, grasp, nab), тиски (clamp, gripe, jaw vice, jaws, nip, scavenger's daughter, stranglehold, vice, vice-grip, vise). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zahvat (action, clutch, hug, incidence, move, operation), uhvatiti (capture, catch his eye, collar, get, grab, grasp, lay hold of, net, run down, seize), stisak (clasp, squeeze), rukovanje (guidance, guide, handling, handshake, handshaking, manipulation, operation, ordering), privući pažnju, obuzeti (come over, consume, engross, obsess, overcome, possess, preoccupy, prepossess, smite), drška (haft, handgrip, handle, helve, hilt, stem). (various references)

Spanish

gripe (flu, grippe, influenza), asir (captivate, capture, catch, catch at, catch in, catch up, clench, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, seize, snatch, tackle, take, touch), empuñadura (handgrip, handle, hilt, start), coger (accept, arrest, bag, captivate, capture, catch, catch hold of, clutch, cop, develop, fetch, frig, gather, get, get hold of, go down, grab, grapple, grasp, hit off, hold, hook, hunch, imbibe, land, lay hold of, lift, nab, nail, nobble, pick, pick up, pinch, pluck, seize, take, take on, take out, take up, toss, touch, treat, trip, trip up, yank off), agarrar (catch, catch hold of, clench, clutch, get, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, gripe, griping, hold, hold tight, lay hold of, lift, nail, pack, pinch, seize, snatch up, tackle, take, take on, touch). (various references)

Sranan

grabu (clutch, grab, grasp, seize), agrabu (flu, influenza). (various references)

Swedish

tag (clench, clutch, grasp, hold, jag, pull, purchase, stroke, take, tug), handtag (butt, handle, helve, hilt, hold, lug, pull), grepp (clutch, grab, grasp, handle, hold, holdfast, stop, touch). (various references)

Thai

ควบคุมความรู้สึก (hold back, take a grip). (various references)

Turkish

kavramak (absorb, apperceive, appreciate, apprehend, bite, catch, catch on, clasp, clench, clip, clutch, come home, compass, comprehend, conceive, cup, dawn on, digest, discern, fathom, get, get a grip, get hold of, grasp, hold, latch on to, nail, perceive, pick up, realize, see into, seize, sum up, twig, understand), anlama (appreciation, apprehension, comprehension, drift, fathom, grasp, insight, intelligence, knowledge, prehension, realization, sense, understanding, uptake), anlamak (absorb, accept, appreciate, apprehend, ascertain, be knowledgeable about, be up to, catch, catch on, click, compass, comprehend, conceive, cotton on to, dawn on, deduce, dig, discern, discover, distinguish, fathom, feel, figure out, get, get a grip, get a grip on, get the message, grasp, latch on to, make of, pick out, read, realize, rumble, savvy, see, see into, seize, sense, sum up, take in, twig, understand, wake to, waken, work out), el bagajı (gripsack, hand luggage), etkileme (action, affection, coaction, infectiousness, leaven, leavening), etkilemek (affect, cast a spell on, catch up, concern, dictate, enamor, enamour, enthral, enthrall, glamor, glamour, impinge, impress, imprint, influence, inthral, lead, militate, operate, prepossess, reach, smite, spell, spellbind, sway, thrill, touch, turn, turn smb.'s head), etkilenmek (be affected, be impressed, be thrilled, be touched, impose, respond), hakim olma (possession, predominance), idrak (apperception, appreciation, cognation, cognizance, comprehension, consciousness, discernment, grasp, intelligence, nous, perception, percipience, perspicacity, realization), çekmek (abide, absorb, arrest, attract, be a sufferer by, be a sufferer from, be cursed with smth., bear, bear with, captivate, carry, catch, charm, claw, conjugate, decline, drag, draw, draw off, draw on, draw out, dwindle, engage, engross, extract, fetch, glamor, glamour, go through, go to scale at, grind, haul, heave, hitch, hoist, hold, inflect, inhale, invite, last out, lug, lump, magnetize, pass through, pique, pluck, prepossess, pull, pull away, pull over, pull up, receive, record, run up, scale in, scale out, schlep, schlepp, shoot, shrink, sip, siphon, siphon off, soak, soak in, sop up, stand the racket, stretch, suck, suffer, sustain, syphon, syphon off, take, take after, take one's medicine, throw back, toss, tow, tow away, tug, turn the scale at, undergo, up with, whisk, withdraw), kavrama (apperception, apprehension, bite, chuck, cinch, clasp, claw, clutch, cognation, cognizance, comprehension, conception, digestion, engaging, fathom, grasp, gripping, insight, penetration, perception, prehension, seizing, understanding, uptake), yakalamak (account, bag, catch, catch hold of, catch up on, claw hold of, clutch, collar, cop, embrace, entrap, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, hook, intercept, nab, nail, nobble, overtake, pinch, pull up to, seize, seize on, snap up, snatch, tackle, take, take up, trap), kulp (bail, handgrip, handhold, handle, holder, lug, pretext), sıkı tutma (cinch, clinch, holding tight, purchase), sıkıştırmak (astringe, be urgent with smb., bear against, besiege, bombard, bottle up, clamp, clamp down, clinch, come down on, compact, compress, constrict, crowd, crush, drive smb. to the wall, dun, force, grind, heckle, hurry, hustle, impact, impress, incarcerate, jam, jam in, lean on, lean upon, oppress, pin, pin down, pinch, ply, ply with, press, press for, press smb. close, push, push smb. to the wall, rush, shut in, slip into, squeeze, straiten, stress, tighten, tuck, wedge, weigh), sıkmak (ail, bore, bother, Chevy, chivvy, chivy, clench, constipate, constrict, crush, cumber, depress, distress, extrude, give the willies, harass, hatchel, hold tight, incommode, irk, jam, load, make fast, mope, oppress, pinch, press, pressurize, pull on, ream, ream out, squeeze, straiten, strangulate, tighten), sap (butt, cauline, haft, halm, handgrip, handhold, handle, haulm, helve, hilt, lug, nut, peduncle, scape, shaft, shank, stag, stalk, stem, stick, Stipe, stock), set işçisi, toka (bobby pin, buckle, clasp, clip, fastener, fibula, hairgrip, handshake, hasp, ouch, slide), tutmak (abide by, add up to, affect, Bate, be, bespeak, bind, book, catch, charter, check, choke, choke back, choke down, choke off, claw hold of, clench, clutch, cog, cohere, come to, confine, constrain, contain, cost, cramp, engage, Favor, favour, figure out at, fish, gather, get hold of, grapple, grasp, guard, hang onto, hire, hire on, hold, hold back, hold in, hold on, hold on to, hold up, inhibit, intercept, keep, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep to, occupy, play, play on, play upon, possess, redeem, remand, reserve, restrain, retain, save, seize, seize on, stanchion, stick, stick to, stifle, strangle, support, take, take up, tot up, total, uphold, withhold, work out at), idrak etmek (apperceive, comprehend, get, perceive, reach, realize, wake to). (various references)

Turkmen 

gysmak (press), tutma. (various references)

Ukrainian

схоплення, схопити (bag, capture, gripe, nip, nobble, reach at, take hold, whip away, yank), стиснути (gripe), стиснення (nip, pinch, pressing, shrinkage, squeeze, wring), рукоятка (brake, grasp, gripe, hilt, lever, shaft, stale), розуміти (appreciate, catch on, know, perceive, take, think, understand), хватка (clutch, grasp, hug, snap), влада (arm, ascendance, ascendancy, ascendant, attribution, authority, cathedra, command, domination, faculty, gripe, hold, in, lordship, reign, rod), охоплювати (blanket, comprehend, comprise, cover, cut across, encircle, grow on, lap, overtake, overwhelm, prepossess, rap, wrap). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự nắm vững (mastery), sự nắm chặt (gripe), sự kẹp chặt (jam), sự ôm chặt (embracement, enlacement), rãnh nhỏ, mương nhỏ sự cầm chặt, chuôi (gripe). (various references)

Welsh

craff (acute, astute, close, hold, keen, sagacious), afflau (bosom, embrace, hold, hug). (various references)

Zulu

imfluwenza (flu, influenza). (various references)

conplectebuntur, conplectere, conplectimini, conplectuntur, conplexa, conplexus, conplexusque. (various references)

clamm, clomm, grap, gripe. (various references)