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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
grip
n 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" [syn: clasp, clench, clutch, clutches,
grasp, grip, hold]
2: 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" [syn: handle, grip, handgrip, hold]
3: a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes; "he
carried his small bag onto the plane with him" [syn: bag,
traveling bag, travelling bag, grip, suitcase]
4: the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves
(as between an automobile tire and the road) [syn: grip,
traction, adhesive friction]
5: worker who moves the camera around while a film or television
show is being made
6: 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" [syn: grip, grasp]
7: 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" [syn: bobby pin, hairgrip, grip]
v 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" [syn:
grapple, grip]
3: to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing
terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra" [syn:
fascinate, transfix, grip, spellbind]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Grip \Grip\, v. t. [From Grip a grasp; or P. gripper to seize;
-- of German origin. See Gripe, v. t.]
To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Grip \Grip\, n. [L. gryps, gryphus. See Griffin, Grype.]
(Zool.)
The griffin. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Grip \Grip\, n. [Cf. AS. grip furrow, hitch, D. greb.]
A small ditch or furrow. --Ray.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Grip \Grip\, v. t.
To trench; to drain.
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6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Grip \Grip\, n. [AS. gripe. Cf. Grip, v. t., Gripe, v. t.]
1. An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength
in grasping.
[1913 Webster]
2. 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]
3. That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as,
the grip of a sword.
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4. A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
[1913 Webster]
5. Specif., an apparatus attached to a car for clutching a
traction cable.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
6. A gripsack; a hand bag; a satchel or suitcase. [Colloq.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
7. (Med.) The influenza; grippe.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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7. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
GRIP
Graph Reduction In Parallel.
Simon Peyton Jones's GRIP machine built at UCL, now at the
University of Glasgow. It has many processors (Motorola
68020 or other) on Futurebus with intelligent memory units.
(1994-12-14)
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Thesaurus Results for grip:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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