Grasping Definition & Meaning
grasping
- adjective
- 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"
- noun
- understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings"
- the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
"Grasping" in song lyrics
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"You peons, I rip for eons, beyond your grasping"
7L and Esoteric f/ Beyonder, Virtuoso — Be Alert -
"We everlastin'beyond grasping"
Jus Allah — Divide & Conquer
Words that rhyme with grasping
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- What does grasping mean?
- 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" understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings" the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
- What part of speech is grasping?
- Grasping is an adjective and a noun.
- How many definitions does grasping have?
- Grasping has 3 definitions across 2 parts of speech (adjective, noun).