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Definition of Grope
1. Verb. Feel about uncertainly or blindly. "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"
2. Noun. The act of groping; and instance of groping.
3. Verb. Search blindly or uncertainly. "His mind groped to make the connection"
4. Verb. Fondle for sexual pleasure. "He made some sexual advances at the woman in his office and groped her repeatedly"
Definition of Grope
1. v. i. To feel with or use the hands; to handle.
2. v. t. To search out by feeling in the dark; as, we groped our way at midnight.
Definition of Grope
1. Verb. (obsolete) To feel with or use the hands; to handle. ¹
2. Verb. 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. ¹
3. Verb. To touch (another person) closely and sexually ¹
4. Noun. (informal) An act of groping, especially sexually. ¹
5. Noun. (obsolete) an iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grope
1. to feel about with the hands [v GROPED, GROPING, GROPES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grope
Literary usage of Grope
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"[7*o dam от glam, it to snatch от grasp eagerly : to damn or glaum, U to grope
or grasp as in the dark.] CLAMANT, adj. 1. Having a powerful plea of ..."
2. A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from by Richard Chenevix Trench (1865)
"grope. Now to feel for, and uncertainly, as does a blind man or one in the dark ;
but once simply to ... Handis the! hav, and thei shal not grope [et non ..."
3. Students Hebrew and Chaldee Dictionary to the Old Testament by Alexander Harkavy (1914)
"IB'i Í"'- »• ^ a district In north I ••• i Eb'3 Pr- т : • eastern Egypt.— 2) a
city in Judah. Pr- n- "*• P/. C*ffJ (/'«i. C'S'j;) to grope T¡J On\V2 nC! ..."
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