What does grasping mean?

Definitions for grasping
ˈgræs pɪŋ, ˈgrɑs-grasp·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wiktionary

  1. graspingadjective

    Eager for money; greedy.

Wikipedia

  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.

ChatGPT

  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 Dictionary

  1. Graspingadjective

    seizing; embracing; catching

  2. Graspingadjective

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

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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. Miguel Rodriguez:

    We're all grasping at straws as to what to do with the earthquake families, obviously, it isn't as large of a movement as after Hurricane Maria. ... But these are hundreds of households who are homeless, who are suffering from PTSD, who have been hit by two traumas -- Hurricane Hurricane Maria and now the earthquakes.

  2. Danielle Weston:

    They are literally grasping at straws here to come up with something.

  3. Vanna Bonta:

    It is interesting to note that poetry, a literary device whose very construct involves the use of words, is itself the word of choice by persons grasping to describe something so beautiful it is marvelously ineffable.

  4. 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.

  5. Buddha:

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

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