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grasping

/'gr/&/sp/I//N/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Seizing; embracing; catching.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. understanding with difficulty

    noun.cognition

    Examples
    The lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)

    noun.act

    Synonyms prehension seizing taking hold

    Source: WordNet 3.0

adjective satellite

  1. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth

    adj.all

    Examples
    A grasping old miser.
    Grasping commercialism.
    Synonyms avaricious covetous grabby greedy prehensile

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

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