What does Grasping mean?
Definitions for Grasping
ˈgræs pɪŋ, ˈgrɑs-grasp·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
graspingnoun
understanding with difficulty
"the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings"
grasping, taking hold, seizing, prehensionadjective
the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensileadjective
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
"they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
Wiktionary
graspingadjective
Eager for money; greedy.
Wikipedia
grasping
A grasp is an act of taking, holding or seizing firmly with (or as if with) the hand. An example of a grasp is the handshake, wherein two people grasp one of each other's like hands. In zoology particularly, prehensility is the quality of an appendage or organ that has adapted for grasping or holding. Grasping is often preceded by reaching, which is highly dependent on head and trunk control, as well as eye control and gaze.
ChatGPT
grasping
Grasping is the action of seizing, clutching, or holding onto something firmly with one's hand or other body parts. In a broader sense, it can also refer to comprehending or understanding something.
Webster Dictionary
Graspingadjective
seizing; embracing; catching
Graspingadjective
avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man
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Anagrams for Grasping »
sparging
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Grasping in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Grasping in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Grasping in a Sentence
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else you are the one who gets burned.
They see what happened in San Francisco this week and know that the way they have been conducting business is no longer viable, they are grasping at straws, and this is the straw they have decided to grasp. They are painting all opposition as fascist and terrorizing. Americans over the course of the last two years have caught on like never before to this tactic. It is going to backfire in a big way.
She had learned the self-deprecating ways of the woman who does not want to be thought hard and grasping, but her artifices could not always cover the nakedness of her need to excel.
There’s little things that he’s doing where you’re seeing a little more security. He’s not a rookie, so he’s being a little more vocal. He looks good. He’s getting more comfortable, obviously grasping the offense. He’s never had trouble grasping the offense, but he was a rookie, so he goes through it. He’s much further ahead at this point than he was a year ago, for sure.
It is interesting to note that poetry, a literary device whose very construct involves the use of words, is itself the word of choice by persons grasping to describe something so beautiful it is marvelously ineffable.
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- استيعابArabic
- gribeDanish
- agarrandoSpanish
- लोभीHindi
- tamakIndonesian
- AgarrandoPortuguese
- అందుకునిTelugu
- nắm bắtVietnamese
- גראַספּינגYiddish
- 抓Chinese
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