Hypertext Webster Gateway: "grip"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grip \Grip\, n.
1. Specif., an apparatus attached to a car for clutching a
traction cable.
2. A gripsack; a hand bag; a satchel. [Colloq.]
3. (Med.) The influenza; grippe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grip \Grip\, n. [L. gryps, gryphus. See {Griffin}, {Grype}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
The griffin. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grip \Grip\, n. [Cf. AS. grip furrow, hitch, D. greb.]
A small ditch or furrow. --Ray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grip \Grip\, v. t.
To trench; to drain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grip \Grip\, n. [AS. gripe. Cf. {Grip}, v. t., {Gripe}, v. t.]
1. An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength
in grasping.
2. A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of
a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as,
a masonic grip.
3. That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as,
the grip of a sword.
4. A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}, {hold}]
2: the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in
order to use or move it [syn: {handle}, {handgrip}, {hold}]
3: a portable rectangular traveling bag for carrying clothes;
"he carried his small bag onto the plane with him" [syn: {bag},
{traveling bag}, {suitcase}]
4: the friction between a body and the surface on which it
moves (as between an automobile tire and the road) [syn: {traction},
{adhesive friction}]
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"
[syn: {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" [syn: {bobby pin}, {hairgrip}]
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}]
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 [syn: {fascinate},
{transfix}, {spellbind}]
4: hold firmly [syn: {grasp}, {hold on}]
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