SkyfireDict

grasping   (TTS Sound)

The noun grasping has 2 senses

• grasping -- (understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings")


• grasping, taking hold, seizing, prehension -- (the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles))

The verb grasp has 2 senses

• grasp, hold on -- (hold firmly)


• grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend -- (get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?")

The adj grasping has 1 sense

• avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile -- (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")