English to English
grasping
('gr/&/sp/I//N/
)
adjective (a)
- Seizing; embracing; catching.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- understanding with difficulty(noun.cognition)Example:
The lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings.
source: wordnet30 - the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)(noun.act)source: wordnet30
adjective satellite (s)
- immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth(adj.all)Example:
A grasping old miser.
Grasping commercialism.
source: wordnet30