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What does grip mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word grip? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To take hold of, particularly with the hand.
  2. (transitive) To help or assist, particularly in an emotional sense.
  3. (intransitive) To do something with another that makes you happy/gives you relief.
  4. To trench; to drain.
Noun
  1. A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
  2. A handle or other place to grip.
  3. (computing) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
  4. (film production) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
  5. A channel cut through a grass verge (especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway).
  6. (chiefly Southern California slang) A lot of something.
  7. Archaic spelling of grippe: Influenza, flu.
  8. (archaic) A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
  9. An apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
  10. Assistance; help or encouragement. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  11. A helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring person.
  12. (slang) As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
  13. (figuratively) A tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
  14. A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
Noun
  1. (dialectal) A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
Noun
  1. (obsolete) The griffin.
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