(handclasp)
41hold — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abduction, abide, abort, absorb, absorb the attention, abstain, accent, accent mark, accommodate, account, account as, accumulate, acropolis, adhere, adhere to, adjudge, adjudicate, admit, advance, advantage,… …
42touch up — I delineate lightly, refine, amend, improve, correct (see improvement). II Tactile sense Nouns 1. touch, tact[us], contact, impact, taction; tactility, palpability, tangibility, tangency; feeling, sensation; manipulation, massage, fondling;… …
43handshake — n. handclasp, grasping and holding of hands by two or more people (customarily done when greeting or parting) …
44handshakes — n. handclasp, grasping and holding of hands by two or more people (customarily done when greeting or parting) …
45gracious — gracious, cordial, affable, genial, sociable are used to describe persons or their words or acts who or which are markedly pleasant and easy in social intercourse. Gracious implies kindliness and courtesy especially to inferiors. When it carries… …
46grasp — v 1. grip, gripe, clutch, clench; clasp, hold, grapple, clinch; take, lay hold of, nab, seize, grab, snatch, catch at, catch. 2. comprehend, understand, apprehend, realize, Chiefly Scot. ken; perceive, apperceive, cognize, know, Sl. savvy, get,… …
47greeting — n 1. salutation, address, salute, salaam, hail, welcome; hello, halloo, aloha, how do you do; bow, curtsy, genuflection, scrape; handshake, handclasp, kiss, peck; nod, bob, duck, kowtow, prostration, homage. 2. message, note, tidings, missive,… …
48grip — n 1. grasp, gripe, clutch, clench; grapple, clinch; clasp, handclasp, embrace, hug, hold, arms. 2. seizure, seizing, grasping, griping, clutching; reach, reaching, snatching, snatch, grabbing, grab. 3. hold, control, clutches, possession, custody …
49hail — I v 1. salute, greet, welcome, hello, nod to, wave to, smile at, wink at, tip one s hat to; receive, meet. 2. signal, flag down, flag, wave down; call, cry out, sing out, halloo, accost; cry, exclaim, shout, yell, Inf. holler; scream, roar,… …
50salutation — n greeting, salute, hail, ave, hello, how do you do; curtsey, bow, bob, nod; handshake, handclasp; wave; hug, embrace, kiss; genuflection, reverence, homage, obeisance, salaam …
