Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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grasp

UK /ɡɹɑːsp/ · US /ɡɹæsp/ verb, noun

Forms grasps grasping grasped graspest graspedst graspeth graps

  1. verb To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
  2. verb To understand. “I have never been able to grasp the concept of infinity.”
  3. verb To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.
  4. noun (sometimes figurative) Grip. “A vagrant gust of wind snatched the note from my grasp.”
  5. noun Understanding.
  6. noun That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability. “The goal is within my grasp.”

Synonyms

clasp comprehend fathom jump at the chance jump on grip hold tight beclasp begrasp begrip belock clench clinch cling clutch enclasp fang fondle glaum grab appreciation hold compass range reach clutches hold on grok get the picture savvy

Antonyms

let go release

Etymology

From Middle English graspen, grapsen, craspen (“to grope; feel around”), from Old English *grǣpsian, from Proto-West Germanic *graipisōn, from Proto-Germanic *graipisōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to take, seize, rake”), the same ultimate source as grab.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian grapsje (“to grab, grasp”), German Low German grapsen (“to grab; grasp”), German grapsen and grapschen, Old English grāpian ("to touch, feel, grasp"; > Modern English grope). Compare also Swedish krafsa (“to scatch; scabble”), Norwegian krafse (“to scramble”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of. Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff. Shak.
  2. verb To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend.
  3. verb To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive.
  4. noun A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms. "The grasps of love." Shak.

Etymology [OE. graspen; prob. akin to LG. grupsen, or to E. grope. Cf. Grab, Grope.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “grasp”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “grasp” (best matches first).

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