4 ms·

> able to hold Would "grasp" work?

• octocop 2y ago
  It's closer to grip
  • n_plus_1_acc 2y ago
    I've always related grep to grab
  • trashtester 2y ago
    "zu greifen" may best translate to "to grip", but "grip" has different mental connotations in English (it refers to mental stability, not intellectual insight). The best dual purpose translation of "zu greifen"/"gripe" (German/Scandinavian) meaning "zu begreifen"/"begripe"/"understand" would be "to grasp", which covers both physically grabbing into something and also to understand it intellectually. All these words stem back to the Proto-Indo-European gʰrebʰ, which more or less completes the circle back to "grep".
    • lordgrenville 2y ago
      related to "grok"?
      • trashtester 2y ago
        grok /ɡrɒk/ Origin 1960s: a word invented by Robert Heinlein (1907–88), American author.
• actionfromafar 2y ago
  Yes. "Grasping for straws."