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Entry 11 senses · 5 variants Webster, 1913

Grip

/grĭp/ · IPA /ɡɹɪp/
01 n. The griffin.
  1. 1.
    The griffin.(Zool.) [Obs.]
02 n. A small ditch or furrow.
  1. 1.
    A small ditch or furrow.
03 v. t. To trench; to drain.
  1. 1.
    To trench; to drain.
04 n. An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.
  1. 1.
    An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.
  2. 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. 3.
    That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.
  4. 4.
    A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
  5. 5.
    Specif., an apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
  6. 6.
    A gripsack; a hand bag; a satchel or suitcase.[Colloq.]
  7. 7.
    The influenza; grippe.(Med.)
05 v. t. To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.
  1. 1.
    To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.