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grip
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun grip has 7 senses
- grip(n = noun.act) clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, hold - 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" has particulars: choke hold, chokehold, embrace, embracement, embracing, wrestling hold
- grip(n = noun.artifact) handgrip, handle, hold - the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" is a kind of appendage
- grip(n = noun.artifact) bag, suitcase, traveling bag, travelling bag - a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes; "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him" is a kind of baggage, luggage
- grip(n = noun.phenomenon) adhesive friction, traction - the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road); Array is a kind of friction, rubbing
- grip(n = noun.person) Array - worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made; Array is a kind of skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker
- grip(n = noun.attribute) grasp - an intellectual hold or understanding; "a good grip on French history"; "they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities"; "he was in the grip of a powerful emotion"; "a terrible power had her in its grasp" is a kind of influence
- grip(n = noun.artifact) bobby pin, hairgrip - a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place; "in Britain they call a bobby pin a grip" is a kind of hairpin
is a kind of grasping, prehension, seizing, taking hold
Derived forms verb grip1, verb grip2
is a part of aspergill, aspersorium, baggage, luggage, baseball bat, lumber, briefcase, brush, carpet beater, rug beater, carrycot, cheese cutter, coffee cup, coffeepot, bat, cricket bat, cutlery, eating utensil, edge tool, faucet, spigot, frying pan, frypan, skillet, handbarrow, cart, go-cart, handcart, pushcart, handlebar, french telephone, handset, hand tool, ladle, mug, racket, racquet, saucepan, spatula, teacup, umbrella, watering can, watering pot
has particulars: ax handle, axe handle, broom handle, broomstick, crop, haft, helve, hilt, hoe handle, knob, mop handle, panhandle, pommel, saddlebow, pommel, rake handle, stock, gunstock, stock
has parts: shank, stem
Derived form verb grip1
has particulars: carpetbag, garment bag, gripsack, overnight bag, overnight case, overnighter, gladstone, gladstone bag, portmanteau, weekender
has particulars: tentacle
Derived form verb grip3
Verb grip has 3 senses
- grip(v = verb.contact) Array - hold fast or firmly; "He gripped the steering wheel" is one way to clutch, prehend, seize
- grip(v = verb.contact) grapple - to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match; "the two men grappled with each other for several minutes" is one way to clutch, prehend, seize
- grip(v = verb.emotion) fascinate, spellbind, transfix - to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra" is one way to interest
Derived forms noun grip1, noun grip2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derived form noun grip1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
Derived form noun grip6
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
grip, n. [Cf. AS. grip furrow, hitch, D. greb.].
A small ditch or furrow. Ray. [1913 Webster]
grip, v. t.
To trench; to drain. [1913 Webster]
- An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping. [1913 Webster]
- A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip. [1913 Webster]
- That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword. [1913 Webster]
- A device for grasping or holding fast to something. [1913 Webster]
- Specif., an apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- A gripsack; a hand bag; a satchel or suitcase. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- The influenza; grippe. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
grip, v. & n.
--v. (gripped, gripping)
1 a tr. grasp tightly; take a firm hold of. b intr. take a firm hold, esp. by friction.
2 tr. (of a feeling or emotion) deeply affect (a person) (was gripped by fear).
3 tr. compel the attention or interest of (a gripping story).
--n.
1 a a firm hold; a tight grasp or clasp. b a manner of grasping or holding.
2 the power of holding attention.
3 a mental or intellectual understanding or mastery. b effective control of a situation or one's behaviour etc. (lose one's grip).
4 a a part of a machine that grips or holds something. b a part or attachment by which a tool, implement, weapon, etc., is held in the hand.
5 = HAIRGRIP.
6 a travelling bag.
7 an assistant in a theatre, film studio, etc.
8 Austral. sl. a job or occupation.
--v. (gripped, gripping)
1 a tr. grasp tightly; take a firm hold of. b intr. take a firm hold, esp. by friction.
2 tr. (of a feeling or emotion) deeply affect (a person) (was gripped by fear).
3 tr. compel the attention or interest of (a gripping story).
--n.
1 a a firm hold; a tight grasp or clasp. b a manner of grasping or holding.
2 the power of holding attention.
3 a mental or intellectual understanding or mastery. b effective control of a situation or one's behaviour etc. (lose one's grip).
4 a a part of a machine that grips or holds something. b a part or attachment by which a tool, implement, weapon, etc., is held in the hand.
5 = HAIRGRIP.
6 a travelling bag.
7 an assistant in a theatre, film studio, etc.
8 Austral. sl. a job or occupation.
Idiom
come (or get) to grips with approach purposefully; begin to deal with. in the grip of dominated or affected by (esp. an adverse circumstance or unpleasant sensation).
Derivative
gripper n. grippingly adv.
Etymology
OE gripe, gripa handful (as GRIPE)
THESAURUS
grip
abduct, ability, absorb, absorb the attention, access, acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, address, adeptness, adhere to, administration, adroitness, airmanship, apoplexy, apprehension, approach, arrest, artfulness, artisanship, artistry, astringency, attack, authority, awareness, bear hug, beset, bite, bitterness, bravura, brilliance, capability, capacity, carry off, case, catch, catch up, causticity, charm, clairvoyance, clamp, clasp, claws, cleave to, clench, cleverness, clinch, cling, clinging, clip, clutch, clutches, coercion, command, compel, competence, comprehension, conception, conceptualization, confront, constraint, contend with, control, convulsion, coordination, cope with, craft, craftsmanship, cramp, cunning, custody, deal with, death grip, deftness, dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness, diplomacy, disposition, domination, dominion, drive, duress, eclampsia, edge, efficiency, embrace, empery, empire, enchant, engage, engage the attention, engage the mind, engage the thoughts, engross, engross the mind, engross the thoughts, enthrall, entrance, epilepsy, epitasis, exercise, expertise, face, facility, falling sickness, fascinate, feel, feeling, fierceness, finesse, firm hold, fit, foothold, footing, foreknowledge, freeze to, governance, government, grab, grace, grapple, grapple with, grasp, gripe, haft, hand, hand-clasp, handiness, handle, hands, hang on, hang on to, harshness, helm, helve, hold, hold fast, hold on, hold on to, hold spellbound, hold the interest, hold tight, holdall, horsemanship, hug, hypnotize, ictus, ideation, immerse, impel, infatuate, influence, ingeniousness, ingenuity, intellection, intelligence, involve, involve the interest, iron grip, iron hand, jurisdiction, keenness, keep hold of, kidnap, know-how, marksmanship, mastership, mastery, mental grasp, mesmerize, monopolize, mordacity, mordancy, never let go, nip, not let go, obsess, occupy, occupy the attention, orgasm, overnight bag, paroxysm, perception, poignancy, point, possess, power, practical ability, precognition, prehension, preoccupy, proficiency, prowess, purchase, quickness, raj, readiness, regnancy, reign, reins of government, resource, resourcefulness, restraint, rigor, rivet, roughness, rule, satchel, savoir-faire, savvy, seamanship, seize, seizure, sense, sensitivity, severity, sexual climax, shanghai, sharpness, skill, skillfulness, sovereignty, spasm, spellbind, stick to, sting, stridency, stringency, stroke, style, suitcase, suzerainty, sway, tackle, tact, tactfulness, take, take up, talons, tartness, technical brilliance, technical mastery, technical skill, technique, teeth, tenure, throes, throttle, tight grip, timing, toehold, trenchancy, understanding, undertake, vehemence, view, violence, virtuosity, virulence, wisdom, wit, wizardry, workmanshipROGET THESAURUS
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Disease
N disease, illness, sickness, ailing, all the ills that flesh is heir to, morbidity, morbosity, infirmity, ailment, indisposition, complaint, disorder, malady, distemper, distemperature, visitation, attack, seizure, stroke, fit, delicacy, loss of health, invalidation, cachexy, cachexia, atrophy, marasmus, indigestion, dyspepsia, decay, decline, consumption, palsy, paralysis, prostration, taint, pollution, infection, sepsis, septicity, infestation, epidemic, pandemic, endemic, epizootic, murrain, plague, pestilence, pox, sore, ulcer, abscess, fester, boil, pimple, wen, carbuncle, gathering, imposthume, peccant humor, issue, rot, canker, cold sore, fever sore, cancer, carcinoma, leukemia, neoplastic disease, malignancy, tumor, caries, mortification, corruption, gangrene, sphacelus, sphacelation, leprosy, eruption, rash, breaking out, fever, temperature, calenture, inflammation, 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, fatal disease, dangerous illness, galloping consumption, churchyard cough, general breaking up, break up of the system, idiocy insanity, martyr to disease, cripple, the halt the lame and the blind, valetudinary, valetudinarian, invalid, patient, case, sickroom, sick- chamber, pathology, etiology, nosology, anthrax, bighead, blackleg, blackquarter, cattle plague, glanders, mange, scrapie, milk sickness, heartworm, feline leukemia, roundworms, quarter-evil, quarter-ill, rinderpest, virus, bacterium, bacteria, DNA virus, RNA virus, rhinovirus, rhabdovirus, picornavirus, herpesvirus, cytomegalovirus, CMV, human immunodefficiency virus, HIV, diseased, ailing, ill, ill of, taken ill, seized with, indisposed, unwell, sick, squeamish, poorly, seedy, affected with illness, afflicted with illness, laid up, confined, bedridden, invalided, in hospital, on the sick list, out of health, out of sorts, under the weather, valetudinary, unsound, unhealthy, sickly, morbid, morbose, healthless, infirm, chlorotic, unbraced, drooping, flagging, lame, crippled, halting, morbid, tainted, vitiated, peccant, contaminated, poisoned, tabid, mangy, leprous, cankered, rotten, rotten to the core, rotten at the core, withered, palsied, paralytic, dyspeptic, luetic, pneumonic, pulmonic, phthisic, rachitic, syntectic, syntectical, tabetic, varicose, touched in the wind, broken-winded, spavined, gasping, hors de combat, weakly, weakened, decrepit, decayed, incurable, in declining health, cranky, in a bad way, in danger, prostrate, moribund, morbific epidemic, endemic, zymotic.Authority
N authority, influence, patronage, power, preponderance, credit, prestige, prerogative, jurisdiction, right, direction, government, divine right, dynastic rights, authoritativeness, absoluteness, absolutism, despotism, jus nocendi, jus divinum, mastery, mastership, masterdom, dictation, control, hold, grasp, grip, gripe, reach, iron sway, fangs, clutches, talons, rod of empire, commission, deputy, permission, at the head, dominant, paramount, supreme, predominant, preponderant, in the ascendant, influential, arbitrary, compulsory, stringent, at one's command, in one's power, in one's grasp, under control, in the name of, by the authority of, de par le Roi, in virtue of, under the auspices of, in the hands of, at one's pleasure, by a dash if the pen, by a stroke of the pen, ex mero motu, ex cathedra, from the chair, the gray mare the better horse, every inch a king.Retention
N retention, retaining, keep, detention, custody, tenacity, firm hold, grasp, gripe, grip, iron grip, fangs, teeth, claws, talons, nail, unguis, hook, tentacle, tenaculum, bond, clutches, tongs, forceps, pincers, nippers, pliers, vice, paw, hand, finger, wrist, fist, neaf, neif, bird in hand, captive, retaining, retentive, tenacious, unforfeited, undeprived, undisposed, uncommunicated, incommunicable, inalienable, in mortmain, in strict settlement, uti possidetis.Taking
N taking, reception, deglutition, appropriation, prehension, prensation, capture, caption, apprehension, deprehension, abreption, seizure, expropriation, abduction, ablation, subtraction, withdrawal, abstraction, ademption, adrolepsy, dispossession, deprivation, deprivement, bereavement, divestment, disherison, distraint, distress, sequestration, confiscation, eviction, rapacity, rapaciousness, extortion, vampirism, theft, resumption, reprise, reprisal, recovery, clutch, swoop, wrench, grip, haul, take, catch, scramble, taker, captor, subduction, taking, privative, prehensile, predaceous, predal, predatory, predatorial, lupine, rapacious, raptorial, ravenous, parasitic, bereft, at one fell swoop, give an inch and take an ell.VB take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket, receive, accept, reap, crop, cull, pluck, gather, draw, appropriate, expropriate, impropriate, assume, possess oneself of, take possession of, commandeer, lay one's hands on, clap one's hands on, help oneself to, make free with, dip one's hands into, lay under contribution, intercept, scramble for, deprive of, take away, carry away, bear away, take off, carry off, bear off, adeem, abstract, hurry off with, run away with, abduct, steal, ravish, seize, pounce upon, spring upon, swoop to, swoop down upon, take by storm, take by assault, snatch, reave, snap up, nip up, whip up, catch up, kidnap, crimp, capture, lay violent hands on, 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, catch at, jump at, make a grab at, snap at, snatch at, reach, make a long arm, stretch forth one's hand, take from, take away from, disseize, deduct, retrench, dispossess, ease one of, snatch from one's grasp, tear from, tear away from, wrench from, wrest from, wring from, extort, deprive of, bereave, disinherit, cut off with a shilling, oust, divest, levy, distrain, confiscate, sequester, sequestrate, accroach, usurp, despoil, strip, fleece, shear, displume, impoverish, eat out of house and home, drain, drain to the dregs, gut, dry, exhaust, swallow up, absorb, draw off, suck the blood of, suck like a leech, retake, resume, recover.
Receptacle
N receptacle, inclosure, recipient, receiver, reservatory, compartment, cell, cellule, follicle, hole, corner, niche, recess, nook, crypt, stall, pigeonhole, cove, oriel, cave, capsule, vesicle, cyst, pod, calyx, cancelli, utricle, bladder, pericarp, udder, stomach, paunch, venter, ventricle, crop, craw, maw, gizzard, breadbasket, mouth, pocket, pouch, fob, sheath, scabbard, socket, bag, sac, sack, saccule, wallet, cardcase, scrip, poke, knit, knapsack, haversack, sachel, satchel, reticule, budget, net, ditty bag, ditty box, housewife, hussif, saddlebags, portfolio, quiver, 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, vessel, vase, bushel, barrel, canister, jar, pottle, basket, pannier, buck-basket, hopper, maund, creel, cran, crate, cradle, bassinet, wisket, whisket, jardiniere, corbeille, hamper, dosser, dorser, tray, hod, scuttle, utensil, brazier, cuspidor, spittoon, cistern, vat, caldron, barrel, cask, drum, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt, cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer, cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon, demijohn, flask, flasket, stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster, urn, epergne, salver, patella, tazza, patera, pig gin, big gin, tyg, nipperkin, pocket pistol, tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug, pipkin, galipot, gallipot, matrass, receiver, retort, alembic, bolthead, capsule, can, kettle, bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet, tureen, beaker, flask, Erlenmeyer flask, Florence flask, round-bottom flask, graduated cylinder, test tube, culture tube, pipette, Pasteur pipette, disposable pipette, syringe, vial, carboy, vacuum flask, Petri dish, microtiter tray, centrifuge tube, bail, beaker, billy, canakin, catch basin, catch drain, chatti, lota, mussuk, schooner, spider, terrine, toby, urceus, plate, platter, dish, trencher, calabash, porringer, potager, saucer, pan, crucible, glassware, tableware, vitrics, compote, gravy boat, creamer, sugar bowl, butter dish, mug, pitcher, punch bowl, chafing dish, shovel, trowel, spoon, spatula, ladle, dipper, tablespoon, watch glass, thimble, closet, commode, cupboard, cellaret, chiffonniere, locker, bin, bunker, buffet, press, clothespress, safe, sideboard, drawer, chest of drawers, chest on chest, highboy, lowboy, till, scrutoire, secretary, secretaire, davenport, bookcase, cabinet, canterbury, escritoire, etagere, vargueno, vitrine, chamber, apartment, room, cabin, office, court, hall, atrium, suite of rooms, apartment, flat, story, saloon, salon, parlor, by-room, cubicle, presence chamber, sitting room, best room, keeping room, drawing room, reception room, state room, gallery, cabinet, closet, pew, box, boudoir, adytum, sanctum, bedroom, dormitory, refectory, dining room, salle-a-manger, nursery, schoolroom, library, study, studio, billiard room, smoking room, den, stateroom, tablinum, tenement, bath room, bathroom, toilet, lavatory, powder room, john, jakes, necessary, loo, men's room, ladies' room, rest room, (uncleanness), 653 attic, loft, garret, cockloft, clerestory, cellar, vault, hold, cockpit, cubbyhole, cook house, entre-sol, mezzanine floor, ground floor, rez-de-chaussee, basement, kitchen, pantry, bawarchi-khana, scullery, offices, storeroom, lumber room, dairy, laundry, coach house, garage, hangar, outhouse, penthouse, lean-to, portico, porch, stoop, stope, veranda, patio, lanai, terrace, deck, lobby, court, courtyard, hall, vestibule, corridor, passage, breezeway, ante room, ante chamber, lounge, piazza, veranda, conservatory, greenhouse, bower, arbor, summerhouse, alcove, grotto, hermitage, lodging, bed, carriage, capsular, saccular, sacculated, recipient, ventricular, cystic, vascular, vesicular, cellular, camerated, locular, multilocular, polygastric, marsupial, siliquose, siliquous.Tenacity
N tenacity, toughness, strength, (cohesion), grip, grasp, stickiness, (cohesion), sequacity, stubbornness (obstinacy), glue, cement, glutinousness, sequaciousness, viscidity, (semiliquidity), leather, white leather, whitleather, gristle, cartilage, unbreakability, tensile strength, tenacious, tough, strong, resisting, sequacious, stringy, gristly cartilaginous, leathery, coriaceous, tough as whitleather, stubborn, unbreakable, indivisible, atomic.VB be tenacious, resist fracture, grip, grasp, stick (cohesion).
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