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.

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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Anagrams for grasping »

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. Faith Sullivan:

   She had learned the self-deprecating ways of the woman who does not want to be thought hard and grasping, but her artifices could not always cover the nakedness of her need to excel.

2. 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.

3. Rebekah Koffler:

   If anything, this conflict has exposed our lack of a viable counter-strategy to Putin's well-thought-out plan, we’re grasping at straws right now.

4. Thomas Fuller:

   Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing.

5. Byron Donalds:

   He was grasping at straws and throwing out populist talking points, but there still was no facts or real information behind it, in the chamber, his delivery was frankly awful, and the imagery was not good.

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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. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grasping