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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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grip

/ɡrɪp/

US pronunciation
American sound/ɡrɪp/
grip
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

US voice -> grip

Myanmar meaning

(vt,vi) ခိုင်မြဲစွာဆုပ်ကိုင်သည်။ (n) ခိုင်မြဲစွာဆုပ်ကိုင်ခြင်။

Full entry

grip / grÇp / v (-pp- )

၁။ ဆုပ်ကိုင်သည်။ မိသည်။ The child gripped her mother's hand tightly. ❍ The brakes failed to grip (ie engage with and stop the wheels) and the car ran into a wall.
၂။ [ ဥ ] အာရုံ၊ ခံစားမှု စသည်ကို ဖမ်းစား ထားသည်။ I was completely gripped by the play from start to finish. ❍ Terror has gripped the city for days.
n
၁။ [sing] ~ (on sb/ sth) (က) ဆုပ်ခြင်း။ ကိုင်ခြင်း။ ဆွဲဆောင်ခြင်း။ Take a grip on the rope. ❍ I let go/ released my grip and he ran away. ❍ The climber relaxed her grip and fell. ❍ (fig ) The film begins well but gradually loses its grip on one's attention. (ခ) ဆုပ်ကိုင်ပုံ။ ကိုင်ပုံကိုင်နည်း။ Try adjusting your grip on the club/ racket.
၂။ [sing] ~ (on sb/ sth) (က) ချုပ်ကိုင် ခြင်း။ a ruler with a powerful grip on the people/ the country. (ခ) နားလည်၊ သဘောပေါက်ခြင်း။ She doesn't have much of a grip on the job. ❍ I couldn't get a grip on what was going on.
၃။ [U] (မျက်နှာပြင်တွင်) မြဲခြင်း။ tyres which give good grip on the road.
၄။ [sing] လက်တွင်း။ the icy grip of winter ❍ people in the grip of disease/ despair/ poverty.
၅။ [C] လက်ကိုင်။ အရိုး။ a tool with a wooden/ metal grip.
၆။ [C] = HAIRGRIP
၇။ [C] (US ) ခရီးဆောင် လက်ဆွဲအိတ်။ a leather grip.
❏ come/ get to grips with sb [IDM ] ဖမ်းကိုင်သည်။ She was unable to get to grips with her assailant.
❏ come/ get to grips with sth [IDM ] ကိုင်တွယ်သည်။ ဖြေရှင်းသည်။ The voters want somebody who will come to grips with the country’s economic problems.
❏ get/ keep/ take a grip/ hold on oneself [IDM ] (infml ) အားတင်းသည်။ Stop panicking and get a grip on yourself!
❏ gripping adj ဆွဲဆောင်မှုရှိသော။ a gripping account/ film/ story.

More examples
  • Marguerite took my hand in a surprisingly strong grip.
  • [tighten your grip] : Pete tightened his grip on her arm.
  • [release/loosen your grip] : She loosened her grip on the steering-wheel.
  • I need some winter boots with a better grip.
  • [grip on] : The President struggled to regain his grip on power.
  • The church no longer has a strong grip on the population.
Synonyms
hold, grasp, clasp, clutch, hang on, seize, clench, grab, adhere, anchor, appreciation, authority, awareness, brace, catch, catch up, charge, cinch, cincture, clamp, clamping, clap a hand on, cleave to, clinch, cling, clutches, coercion, command, compel, comprehension, constraint, control, crushing, domination, drown, duress, embrace, enchant, enclosing, enclosure, engross, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, fastening, fill, fixing, get one's hands on, grapnel, grapple, gripe, handclasp, handgrip, handhold, handshake, hold tightly, hook, hypnotize, influence, involve, keeping, ken, latch on to, lay hands on, ligature, lug, mastery, mesmerize, nab, overwhelm, perception, pervade, possession, power, purchase, restraint, rivet, rule, snag, snatch, spellbind, squeeze, stick, strength, suffuse, swamp, sway, take, take hold of, tenure, transfix, understanding, vise, wrench
Antonyms
bore, disenchant, disgust, give, ignorance, let go, loose, misconception, misunderstanding, offer, powerlessness, receive, release, repel, stop, turn off, weakness
Cross references
holdgraspclaspclutchhang onseizeclenchgrabadhereanchorappreciationauthorityawarenessbracecatchcatch upchargecinchcinctureclampclampingclap a hand oncleave toclinchclingclutchescoercioncommand
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