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grasp

noun as in hold, grip

noun as in understanding

verb as in grab

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The gruesome subject matter is translated into immediate household imagery that someone Amélie’s age could grasp.

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I don’t think people are really grasping the dangers of it all.

“In the ‘morning’ the air is thick; it hangs in a clammy, damp mass that you can all but grasp with your hands.

Some people hear “cold plunge” and immediately grasp the concept.

Bornean orangutans spend 90% of their time hanging out in trees, using their grasping feet and long hands to make their way through the tree canopy.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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