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- Dictionarygrasping/ˈɡrɑːspɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. avaricious; greedy: "they were regarded as grasping landlords"
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GRASPING definition: 1. (of people) always trying to get and keep more of something, especially money: 2. (of people…. Learn more.
GRASP definition: 1. to quickly take something in your hand(s) and hold it firmly: 2. If you grasp an opportunity…. Learn more.
Grasping definition: greedy; avaricious. See examples of GRASPING used in a sentence.
grasping. If you describe someone as grasping, you are criticizing them for wanting to get and keep as much money as possible, and for being unwilling to spend it. ...a greedy grasping individual. They were grasping and manipulative. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Grasp suggests actually seizing and closing the hand upon something (or, figuratively, thoroughly comprehending something) and therefore refers to what is within one's possession or immediate possibility of possession: a good grasp of a problem; immense mental grasp.
If you describe someone as grasping, you are criticizing them for wanting to get and keep as much money as possible, and for being unwilling to spend it.
Definitions of 'grasp'. 1. If you grasp something, you take it in your hand and hold it very firmly. [...] 2. A grasp is a very firm hold or grip. [...] 3. If you say that something is in someone's grasp, you disapprove of the fact that they possess or control it.
