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# grip

«grip» in Mova's school dictionary: **to hold something very tightly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a grip, grips); verb (grip, grips, gripped, gripping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To grip is to hold something very tightly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grip/#m1)

2) A grip is a tight hold: Keep a firm grip on the rope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grip/#m2)

3) A grip is the part of something you hold, like the handle of a racket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grip/#m3)

4) Grip is how well something holds onto a surface without slipping: Shoes need good grip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grip/#m4)

5) To grip someone can mean to hold their attention strongly: The story gripped me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grip/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science, grip comes from friction: rough soles, tyre treads and rubber handles grip better; wet and icy surfaces have less grip. In sport and PE: grip the bat, a good grip on the bars. In stories, a gripping book is so exciting you cannot stop reading. Phrases: get a grip (calm down), lose your grip, a firm grip, in the grip of.

### examples

- Grip the handlebars tightly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grip/#x1)
- Keep a good grip on the dog's lead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grip/#x2)
- My trainers have good grip on the wet floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grip/#x3)
- The tyres lost grip on the ice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grip/#x4)
- The story gripped me from the first page. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grip/#x5)
- Hold the racket by the grip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grip/#x6)
- The town was in the grip of a cold winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grip/#x7)
- Get a grip, it's only a spider! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grip/#x8)
- But an iron claw gripped his shoulder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grip/#x9)

### note

Past: gripped, gripping (double p). Adjective: gripping (very exciting). In science, more friction = more grip.

### In the corpora

- [Documentaries are films about real life, like nature, history or sport, and the best ones are as gripping as any story.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/15/)
- [Birds of prey, also called raptors, hunt other animals with sharp eyes, hooked beaks and gripping feet with curved talons.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/34-birds-of-prey-and-owls/0/)
- [Soil gives plants water, grip for their roots and minerals such as nitrogen; without minerals plants grow small and yellow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/56-how-plants-grow/12/)
- [The soles of a polar bear's paws have fur and small bumps that grip the ice and keep the feet warm.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears/11/)
- [Hard deer hooves grip soil and snow but slip on smooth ice, so real deer avoid frozen ponds where they can.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/143-bambi-real-deer-rabbits-skunks-and-owls/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «grip» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grip/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.