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Definition of Grasping
1. Adjective. Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth. "Prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
Similar to: Acquisitive
Derivative terms: Avarice, Avarice, Avariciousness, Covetousness, Greed, Greed, Greediness
2. Noun. Understanding with difficulty. "The lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings"
3. Noun. The act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles).
Generic synonyms: Control
Specialized synonyms: Clasp, Clench, Clutch, Clutches, Grasp, Grip, Hold
Derivative terms: Grasp, Prehend, Seize
Definition of Grasping
1. a. Seizing; embracing; catching.
Definition of Grasping
1. Adjective. Eager for money; greedy. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of grasp) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grasping
1. grasp [v] - See also: grasp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grasping
Literary usage of Grasping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... being mow on n level with each other, and each grasping to become first, had
recourse to devoting [not only their speeches, but] even their ..."
2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"When puns are made and bumpers quaffed, And wild Wit shoots his roving shaft,
And Mirth his jovial laugh has laughed, Tugging hard and closely grasping, ..."
3. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1904)
"... CHAPTER I Introductory remarks—John Jacob Astor—grasping views—Early traders
of Canada—The Hudson's Bay Company—American fur companies—Astor's policy— ..."
4. A History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent by George Bancroft (1853)
"grasping AT THE COLONIES OF FRANCE AND SPAIN, RISKS THE LOSS OF HER OWN.—BUTE'S
MINISTRY. 1762—1763. WHILE it was yet uncertain who among British CHAP ..."
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