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grasping

grasp·ing
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [gras-ping, grahs-]
    • /ˈgræs pɪŋ, ˈgrɑs-/
    • /ˈɡrɑː.spɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [gras-ping, grahs-]
    • /ˈgræs pɪŋ, ˈgrɑs-/

Definitions of grasping word

  • adjective grasping greedy; avaricious: a sly, grasping man. 1
  • adjective grasping being used to grasp or tending to grasp; tenacious. 1
  • verb with object grasping to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms. 1
  • verb with object grasping to seize upon; hold firmly. 1
  • verb with object grasping to get hold of mentally; comprehend; understand: I don't grasp your meaning. 1
  • verb without object grasping to make an attempt to seize, or a motion of seizing, something (usually followed by at or for): a drowning man grasping at straws; to grasp for an enemy's rifle. 1
See all 22 definitions of grasping

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Origin of grasping

First appearance:

before 1540
One of the 30% oldest English words
First recorded in 1540-50; grasp + -ing2

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Parts of speech for Grasping

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Grasping

grasping popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for grasping

adj grasping

  • penny-pinching — a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person.
  • mean — to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
  • acquisitive — If you describe a person or an organization as acquisitive, you do not approve of them because you think they are too concerned with getting new possessions.
  • avaricious — An avaricious person is very greedy for money or possessions.
  • avid — You use avid to describe someone who is very enthusiastic about something that they do.

adjective grasping

  • greedy — excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc.; avaricious: the greedy owners of the company.
  • extorting — Present participle of extort.
  • extortionate — (of a price) much too high; exorbitant.

noun grasping

  • capture — If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
  • getting — Present participle of get.
  • pinch — to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
All 26 Synonyms of grasping

Antonyms for grasping

adj grasping

  • unselfish — not selfish; disinterested; generous; altruistic.
  • generous — liberal in giving or sharing; unselfish: a generous patron of the arts; a generous gift.
All 2 Antonyms of grasping

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Related words

  • grasp

    to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.

  • acquisitive

    If you describe a person or an organization as acquisitive, you do not approve of them because you think they are too concerned with getting new possessions.

  • airplane spin

    a maneuver in which a wrestler, grasping an opponent by the head and crotch, lifts the opponent's body crosswise overhead, lowers it to the shoulders for support, then spins around and throws the opponent back over the head to the mat.

  • ball-and-claw foot

    a foot having the form of a bird's claw grasping a ball.

  • bushwhack

    to ambush

  • cant hook

    a heavy wooden lever with a blunt tip and a hinged hook near the end: used by lumbermen in handling logs
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