(a) To grip, take hold; taken to, clutch at (sb.), hold tight to; also, grasp [transl. of L adprehendere]; (b) to take hold of (sb. or sth.), grasp with the hand(s, grab; pick (sb. or sth.) up, lift……
(a) A young unmarried woman without (or presumptively without) sexual experience, a maiden; also fig. and in fig. context
(b) a person of either sex without sexual experience; a woman who has never……