Definitions for Grasping
ˈgræs pɪŋ, ˈgrɑs-grasp·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. graspingnoun

   understanding with difficulty

   "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings"

2. grasping, taking hold, seizing, prehensionadjective

   the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)

3. avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensileadjective

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. graspingadjective

   Eager for money; greedy.

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1. grasping

   A grasp is an act of taking, holding or seizing firmly with (or as if with) the hand. An example of a grasp is the handshake, wherein two people grasp one of each other's like hands. In zoology particularly, prehensility is the quality of an appendage or organ that has adapted for grasping or holding. Grasping is often preceded by reaching, which is highly dependent on head and trunk control, as well as eye control and gaze.

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1. grasping

   Grasping is the action of seizing, clutching, or holding onto something firmly with one's hand or other body parts. In a broader sense, it can also refer to comprehending or understanding something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Graspingadjective

   seizing; embracing; catching

2. Graspingadjective

   avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man

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1. sparging

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Grasping in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Grasping in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Grasping in a Sentence

1. Erich Fromm:

   Reason is man's faculty for grasping the world by thought, in contradiction to intelligence, which is man's ability to manipulate the world with the help of thought. Reason is man's instrument for arriving at the truth, intelligence is man's instrument for manipulating the world more successfully; the former is essentially human, the latter belongs to the animal part of man.

2. Gautama Buddha:

   Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.

3. Michael Caldwell:

   It seems probable that they were slithering, so to speak, though the limbs might still have been used for grasping, snakes have generated fear and fascination since ancient times.

4. Michael Raymond-James:

   To come and be able to sit here — it's incredible, i'm sitting where Paul Revere used to come with his fellow Patriots to devise their plan of attack. You can't recreate this feeling — it's like grasping at smoke.

5. Roger Bacon:

   There are in fact four very significant stumblingblocks in the way of grasping the truth, which hinder every man however learned, and scarcely allow anyone to win a clear title to wisdom, namely, the example of weak and unworthy authority, longstanding custom, the feeling of the ignorant crowd, and the hiding of our own ignorance while making a display of our apparent knowledge.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Grasping
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Grasping
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasping
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Grasping