grip – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to grip
Participle: gripped
Gerund: gripping

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of grip

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	grip
we	Let's grip
you	grip

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

take hold of

grasp

help or assist

help

to actively and intentionally gain possession or control

appropriate, bag, catch, expropriate, grab, grasp, help oneself, hook, impropriate, make free with, nab, nim, pocket, sack, seize, take

to provide assistance to someone or something

abet, aid, assist, befriend, bestead, come to someone's aid, give someone a hand, help, help out, lend a hand, lend a helping hand, mend, relieve, stead, succor, succour, support, sustain

to hold firmly, particularly with the hand

begrasp, begrip, belock, clasp, clench, clinch, cling, clutch, enclasp, fang, fondle, glaum, grab, grabble, grasp, hang on, hold, hold on, hold tight, nim, seize, stranglehold, take

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. grippan "to grip" (class I strong verb; past tense grap, pp. gripen), from W.Gmc. *gripjan (cf. O.H.G. gripfen), from root of gripe (q.v.). The noun developed from fusion of O.E. gripe "grasp, clutch" and gripa "handful, sheaf." Meaning "stage hand" is from 1888, from their work shifting scenery. Gripping in fig. sense of "grasping the emotions" is from 1896.
2. Verb from Middle English grippen, from Old English grippan, from a Proto-Germanic *gripjaną (compare Old High German gripfen); compare the related Old English grīpan, whence English gripe. See also grope, and the related Proto-Germanic *grīpaną.
3. Noun from Middle English grippe, gripe, an amalgam of Old English gripe (“grasp, hold”) (cognate with German Griff) and Old English gripa (“handful”) (cognate with Swedish grepp). See: Middle English 'grippen', Old English 'grippan', Proto-Germanic '*gripjaną', Proto-Germanic '*grīpaną'.

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