ungrasp

present singular third person ungrasps · participle present ungrasping · participle past ungrasped · past ungrasped

1. To release one's grasp on; to let go of.

   Cling to one person : ungrasp your hold of all other persons and things.

   1863 April, Jonathan Watson, “The Inheritance: And How to Reach It”, in The Baptist Magazine, volume 7, page 223

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   Have they explained in terms the revivifying process by which the dead, cold hand of winter ungrasps its victims, to wear once more the charming glow of summer life ?

   1883, James Jackson Wray, Light from the old lamp, homespun homilies, page 192

   Will death ungrasp his hard-locked treasure, when I shout in his deaf ear and say, Restore My stolen gold, and give me back my gems?

   1877, Horatius Bonar, My Old Letters, page 87

   Ungrasp your ankles; lie down in the original position and repeat another time for 10 seconds.

   1975, Satya Prakash, Pātañjala Rāja Yoga, page 144

plural ungrasps

1. The act of ungrasping; the release of something that is grasped.

   This means that the ungrasp of the object constraints the grasping.

   1991, S.G. Tzafestas, Engineering Systems with Intelligence

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   For example, the system will select a grasp point for an object without concerning itself about possible problems during the ungrasp that is to be performed many steps in the future.

   1992, Alan A. Desrochers, Intelligent Robotic Systems for Space Exploration, page 302

   After the grasping orientation has been decided, find the proper locations for the grasp and ungrasp of the gripper.

   2012, B.O. Nnaji, Theory of Automatic Robot Assembly and Programming, page 89