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1. (v.i.) grope
to feel about with the hands; feel one's way hesitantly:
to grope around in the darkness.
2. grope
to search blindly or uncertainly:
to be groping for an answer.
3. (v.t.) grope
to seek by or as if by groping:
to grope one's way up the dark stairs.
4. grope
Slang. to touch or handle (someone) for sexual pleasure; fondle.
5. (n.) grope
an act or instance of groping.
6. grope
Slang. an act or instance of sexually fondling another person.
Etymology: (bef. 900; OE grāpian, der. of grāp grasp; akin to grip , gripe)
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| Definition of 'grope' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) grope
the act of groping; and instance of groping
2. (verb) grope, fumble
feel about uncertainly or blindly
"She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"
3. (verb) grope
search blindly or uncertainly
"His mind groped to make the connection"
4. (verb) grope
fondle for sexual pleasure
"He made some sexual advances at the woman in his office and groped her repeatedly"
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1. (verb) grope
to search using only your hands
She groped for the light switch.
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| Definition of 'grope' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) grope
to feel with or use the hands; to handle
2. (verb) grope
to search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see
3. (verb) grope
to search out by feeling in the dark; as, we groped our way at midnight
4. (verb) grope
to examine; to test; to sound
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Sense: to search for something by feeling with one's hands
He groped his way through the smoke; He groped for the door.
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 Afrikaans: rondtas, omtas, voel |
 Arabic: يَتَحَسَّس، يَبْحَث على غ |
 Bulgarian: търся слепешком |
 Brazilian: tatear |
 Czech: tápat |
 German: tasten |
 Danish: famle |
 Greek: ψηλαφώ |
 Spanish: andar/buscar a tientas, t |
 Estonian: kobama |
 Farsi: کورمال کورمال جستجو کردن |
 Finnish: hapuilla |
 French: tâtonner |
 Hebrew: לְמַשֵש, לְגַשֵש |
 Hindi: टटोलना |
 Croatian: tapkati |
 Hungarian: tapogatódzva keres |
 Indonesian: meraba-raba |
 Icelandic: fálma eftir |
 Italian: brancolare, cercare a tas |
 Japanese: 手探りする |
 Korean: 손으로 더듬다 |
 Lithuanian: grabalioti, ieškoti apgra |
 Latvian: iet taustoties; taustītie |
 Malay: teraba-raba |
 Dutch: rondtasten |
 Norwegian: famle/lete/søke etter |
 Polish: macać |
 Persian: کورمال کورمال جستجو کردن |
 Pashto: په تياره كى لاس اوپښې وهل |
 Portuguese: tatear |
 Romanian: a bâjbâi (după) |
 Russian: искать ощупью |
 Slovak: tápať |
 Slovenian: tipati |
 Serbian: napipavati |
 Swedish: treva, famla |
 Thai: คลำหา |
 Turkish: el yordamıyla aramak |
 Taiwanese: 摸索 |
 Ukrainian: намацувати; іти навпомацк |
 Urdu: ٹٹولنا |
 Vietnamese: dò dẫm |
 Chinese: 摸索 |
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