graspings

Meanings

Noun

• understanding with difficulty
  • "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings"
• the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
• plural of grasping

Verb

• hold firmly
• get the meaning of something

Synonyms

apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grasping, grok, hold on, prehension, savvy, seizing, taking hold