Grasping - Definition

adj 1: 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" [syn:
avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy,
prehensile]
n 1: understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his
most strenuous graspings"
2: the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the
tentacles) [syn: grasping, taking hold, seizing,
prehension]