grasping in English

adjective

1

greedy; avaricious.

grasping, power-hungry individuals

synonyms: avaricious, acquisitive, greedy, rapacious, mercenary, materialistic, mean, miserly, parsimonious, niggardly, hoarding, selfish, possessive, close, tightfisted, tight, stingy, money-grubbing, cheap, grabby

verb

1

seize and hold firmly.

she grasped the bottle

synonyms: grip, clutch, clasp, hold, clench, catch, seize, grab, snatch, latch on to

adjective

avaricious, acquisitive, greedy, rapacious, mercenary, materialistic, mean, miserly, parsimonious, niggardly, hoarding, selfish, possessive, close, tightfisted, tight, stingy, money-grubbing, cheap, grabby
greedy, grabby, avaricious, covetous, prehensile

noun

seizing
seizing, taking hold, prehension

verb

grip, understand, take advantage of, hold on, grok
grip, clutch, clasp, hold, clench, catch, seize, grab, snatch, latch on to
understand, comprehend, follow, take in, perceive, see, apprehend, assimilate, absorb, get, catch on to, figure out, get one's head around, take on board
take advantage of, act on, seize, leap at, snatch, jump at, pounce on
hold on
grok, savvy, dig, comprehend, apprehend, get the picture, compass

Use "grasping" in a sentence

1. Apachism Effortless fabrication and grasping

2. It's fractured, grasping at fragmented memories.

3. The probability of oral grasping in addition to manual grasping rises with increasing severity of the brain lesion.

4. Hanson was a hard, grasping man.

5. Muscle rigidity, involuntary grasping and sucking motions.

6. They are all heroes grasping the nettle.

7. Her hands were grasping at his coat.

8. Don't let those grasping taxi drivers overcharge you.

9. Because they are a dying species grasping for resurrection.

10. There is a grasping generation of young entrepreneurs.

11. Man, a greedy tyrant, ribald , hard and grasping.

12. Fleshly sense had been capable of grasping the whole.

13. Their true jaws are of obvious advantage for grasping prey.

14. Random House (acquisitive, Acquisitiveness: syn., grasping, coveteous, avariceous) Web

15. Grasping scientific mnemonics is important for improving learning efficiency and memory.

16. His rough and dark hands are grasping the handlebar firmly.

17. Positively seeking, grasping and creating combatant chance is a must.

18. Comprehension, Act of or capacity for grasping with the intellect

19. A vulture grasping a baby in its talons, House Blackmont.

20. Study involves learning facts and grasping their relationship to one another.

21. Avaricious, acquisitive, covetous, rapacious, grasping, venal, Cupidinous, materialistic, mercenary, predatory, usurious, possessive

22. His message was a hackneyed and grasping exposition of those fears.

23. Be careful. Those grasping taxi - drivers might charge you too much.

24. " The hand grasping the penis in a fashion resembling masturbation movements. "

25. He reappeared, grasping the unfortunate by the scruff of his shabby collar.

26. Align the top of the grasping device with the 10 cm mark.

27. I do not snatch tributes like a starving slave grasping for bones.

28. Someone who is Avaricious is greedy or grasping, concerned with gaining wealth

29. Comprehension definition is - the act or action of grasping with the intellect : understanding

30. The act of grasping Familiarity information: Clench used as a noun is rare

31. Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment. Ambrose Bierce 

32. Apes' hands are prehensile (capable of grasping things), and so are their feet

33. Contemporary stereotypes of the bourgeois a grasping philistine ought to therefore be nuanced.

34. There, grasping the snail firmly in the talons of one foot, it waits.

35. (Verse 10) He also says: “I, Jehovah your God, am grasping your right hand.”

36. Grasping it in his left hand again, he resumed a grip on his gun.

37. Synonyms for Beholding include understanding, comprehending, fathoming, following, grasping, discerning, getting, apprehending, cognizing and noting

38. But a knowledge of past Wilson works is not necessary for grasping this opus.

39. Hair Cracking involves grasping a few strands of your hair close to your scalp

40. You also Apprehend a concept when you understand it, grasping or capturing its meaning.

41. Grasping a handful of bulrushes to steady herself, she leaned precariously out to grab it.

42. Synonyms for Cupidinous include greedy, acquisitive, avaricious, grasping, covetous, rapacious, grabby, materialistic, mercenary and venal

43. Synonyms for Clasping include embracing, enfolding, hugging, grasping, holding, squeezing, straining, crushing, enClasping and enclosing

44. If the human element were completely lacking, we might have difficulty grasping the Bible’s message.

45. Monsignor Delgard sank to his knees, one hand still grasping the top of the lectern.

46. Red with rage, Frank turned on Anna, grasping her arm in a vice-like grip.

47. The said bone grasping instrument includes a tongs body (1) and an adjustment rod (6).

48. He ducked his head and butted Orcadai under the chin, his hands grasping for purchase.

49. The bill stabs downward and then emerges Bedaubed with damp soil and grasping a small earthworm.

50. William; masked, clad in white, grasping his sabre and suddenly lunging forward, one leg darting ahead.