verb

1. To seize something and hold it firmly.

2. To wrestle or tussle.

3. (with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem.

   “to grapple with one's conscience”

verb

1. To fasten, as with a grapple; (by extension) to fix; to join indissolubly.

2. To climb (whether by means of a grapple and rope, or by hand, etc).

3. To use a grapple (for example to attempt to find, hook, and raise a net or cable).

noun

1. (gerund of grapple) An act in which something is grappled or grappled with.

2. A grappling hook or grappling iron.

3. A small anchor; a grapnel.

Synonyms: handygripes