1. A grip of the hand; a hold.
2. Reach of the arms; hence, the power of attaining and holding.
3. Forcible possession; hold.
4. Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey.
5. The handle of a sword or of an oar.

1. A firm controlling influence; or; SYN. grasp.
2. The friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road); SYN. traction, adhesive friction.

Informal terms for objecting; SYN. kick, beef, bitch, squawk.

ETYM AS. handle. Related to Hand.
The part of an object designed to be held in order to use or move it; SYN. grip, handgrip, hold.

ETYM AS. hilt, hilte; akin to Old High Germ. helza, Prov. German hilze, Icel. hjalt.
The handle of a sword or dagger.

ETYM A modification of knop. Related to Nob.
(Homonym: nob).
1. A round handle.
2. A rounded projection or protuberance.
3. An ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger; SYN. pommel.

ETYM A dim. of nose.
1. A projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged; SYN. nose.
2. A projecting vent of something.
3. A short tube with a taper or constriction used (as on a hose) to speed up or direct a flow of fluid.
4. A part in a rocket engine that accelerates the exhaust gases from the combustion chamber to a high velocity. + prikaži više

A tight embrace; SYN. clinch.