Crossword clues for grasper
grasper
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Grasp \Grasp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grasper; p. pr. & vb. n. Qraspine.] [OE. graspen; prob. akin to LG. grupsen, or to E. grope. Cf. Grab, Grope.]
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To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.
Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff.
--Shak. To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend.
Grasper \Grasp"er\, n. One who grasps or seizes; one who catches or holds.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A person who grasps 2 A tool used for grasping
Usage examples of "grasper".
When the rain was at its worst Grasper huddled under her mother, and Seeker curled over her baby, taking the scalding downpour on her own back.
But she hadn’t seen a single other of her kind, save Grasper, since the day of her capture.
The stiffness went out of Grasper, and she became a bundle of limp fur.
But Grasper was very young, and the machinery that had studied her was very old, and no longer quite so perfect as it had once been.
This time, as patterns of light pulsed over their heads, Grasper got down on her haunches and began to examine the floor, digging in the dirt.
The object Norby had been curious about had been an apple picker that Fargo had bought at a tool sale, a sticklike device with a collapsible grasper at one end for plucking apples too high to reach by hand.