1. grasping - noun
· understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings"
Hypernym(s): understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
2. grasping - noun
· the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
Synonym(s): taking_hold, seizing, prehension
Hypernym(s): control
3. grasp - verb
· hold firmly
Synonym(s): hold_on
4. grasp - verb
· get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
Synonym(s): grok, get_the_picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, compass, apprehend
Hypernym(s): understand
5. 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"
Synonym(s): avaricious, covetous, grabby, greedy, prehensile
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