📖 Определения и значения для слова grip
📒 an act of holding somebody/something tightly; a particular way of doing this
- Keep a tight grip on the rope.
- to loosen/release/relax your grip
- She tried to get a grip on the icy rock.
📒 control or power over somebody/something
- The home team took a firm grip on the game.
- We need to tighten the grip we have on the market.
- The Prime Minister needs to keep a tight grip on his party.
📒 an understanding of something
- I couldn't get a grip on what was going on.
- You need to keep a good grip on reality in this job.
- The government does not seem to have a very firm grip on the economy.
📒 the ability of something to move over a surface without slipping
- These tyres give the bus better grip in slippery conditions.
- This type of sole gives a good grip on snow and ice.
📒 a part of something that has a special surface so that it can be held without the hands slipping
- the grip on a golf club
📒 a small thin piece of metal or plastic folded in the middle, used by women for holding their hair in place
📒 a person who prepares and moves the cameras, and sometimes the lighting equipment, when a film is being made
📒 a large soft bag, used when travelling
📒 to begin to understand and deal with something difficult
- I'm slowly getting to grips with the language.
- They have so far failed to come to grips with the ecological problems.
📒 to improve your behaviour or control your emotions after being afraid, upset or angry
- I have to take a grip on myself, he told himself firmly.
- (informal) Get a grip! (= make an effort to control your emotions)
📒 experiencing something unpleasant that cannot be stopped
- a country in the grip of recession
📒 to become unable to understand or control a situation
- Sometimes I feel I'm losing my grip.