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Meanings of grasping in anglès
Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth.
Related terms
The act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
Usage of grasping in anglès
1
The man was openly exultant; he stood for Demos grasping the sceptre.
2
The act of Fred Linden in grasping the limb saved his life.
3
The wild blood in her leaped at the thought of grasping happiness.
4
This will teach thee caution in judgment and accuracy in grasping subjects.
5
The players form in a circle, grasping the hands of their neighbors.
6
It's clearly a fantastic opportunity and they're grasping it with both hands.
7
Already some unknown individual is grasping the lemon in his unwilling fingers.
8
Or, if it does, it sees no political dividend in grasping reform.
9
The universal wish to realize is only typified by the grasping gain.
10
He rose, grasping in his teeth the kreel of weed and shells.
11
Employers are also grasping the great possibilities for them in this theory.
12
Great wonder, and the stir of a grasping tenderness was in Richard.
13
Agent Williams leaned forward, grasping the dashboard to get a better look.
14
People who are partially sighted often have difficulty grasping a complete image.
15
Vivian Standish grasping the back of a chair, stared in furious amazement.
16
His arms, prevented from grasping Mrs Fox's, hang at his sides, useless.
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Grasping through the time
Grasping across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common