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PREHENSION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prehension mean?
• PREHENSION (noun)
The noun PREHENSION has 1 sense:
1. the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
Familiarity information: PREHENSION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
grasping; prehension; seizing; taking hold
Hypernyms ("prehension" is a kind of...):
control (the activity of managing or exerting control over something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prehension"):
clasp; clench; clutch; clutches; grasp; grip; hold (the act of grasping)
Derivation:
prehend (take hold of; grab)
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