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grasping |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grasping \Grasp"ing\, a. 1. Seizing; embracing; catching. 2. Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close miserly; as he is a grasping man. -- {Grasp"ing*ly}, adv -- {Grasp"ing*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: grasping adj : 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}, {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 [syn: {taking hold}, {seizing}, {prehension}]
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