Synonym: clasp, clench, clutch, command, comprehension, control, domination, grasp, handbag, hold, possession, seize, suitcase, understanding, valise. Antonym: Loosen, free, release. Similar words: grin, rip, strip, script, agriculture, agricultural, description, prescription. Meaning: [grɪp] 
n. 1. the act of grasping 2. the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it 3. a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes 4. the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road) 5. worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made 6. a firm controlling influence 7. a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place. v. 1. hold fast or firmly 2. to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match 3. to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe.
n. 1. the act of grasping 2. the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it 3. a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes 4. the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road) 5. worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made 6. a firm controlling influence 7. a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place. v. 1. hold fast or firmly 2. to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match 3. to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe. 
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151 Arizona is in the grip of one of its most severe dry spells of the past century.
152 Gedge showed an extraordinary reluctance to loosen his grip on Rigby.
153 The throttle twist grip on the end of the collective stick has to be coordinated with the up and down movements.
154 She tried to duck out of his grip, half-succeeding, and he went off-balance.
155 Half way through, the film loses its grip on the day-to-day reality in Northern Ireland.
156 He's trying to enlist my sympathy by pretending he's in the grip of some third thing.
157 You have to focus with a kind of relentless determination on keeping your grip.
158 He had only a tiny parliamentary majority, and Britain was in the grip of another economic crisis.
159 I put my hand on the wavering cyclic grip between my knees.
160 But the cognoscenti know that the grip can be everything: in itself it can decide the entire bout.
161 She looked anxious and tightened her grip on her shoulder bag.
162 If the car begins to fishtail, the back wheels have lost grip.
163 With a sudden bark the Labrador pulled free of Robbie's too-gentle grip and in one bound made the towpath.
164 These tires assure good grip and a quiet, steady ride.
165 Instead, he waited until the first fierce flood of tears had passed, then loosened his grip on her a little.
166 It is like trying to get a firm grip on a plateful of pudding.
167 Witnesses said the motorist held the gun in a two-handed grip as he fired three shots.
168 Shakespeare Fever continues to grip the entire region, with King Lear at the Unity.
169 His arm shook and he tightened his grip on the stock of the rifle to still it.
170 The bitter winter had all the country in its grip.
171 Once discredited in economic terms,(sentencedict.com) authoritarian regimes tend to lose their grip.
172 Apple, however, kept a tight grip on its technology and suffered the consequences.
173 On the first day of the conference all parties were able to keep a grip on themselves and talk calmly.
174 Over the last 1.5 million years, our planet has been in the grip of an ice age.
175 A new Skywalk sole with an environmentally-friendly cleat pattern gives a good grip even on slippery rocks.
176 I pulled out of his grip and put some distance between us.
177 He grasped Dalgliesh's hand with a firm grip but didn't speak.
178 When there is none, he loosens his grip and turns away.
179 To all appearances, it kept a grip on at least 30 million Muslimsmore than the entire population of the Maghreb today.
180 Early that January a bitter wind blowing off the far Urals seized East Anglia in a grip of ice.