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- Dictionarygrasping/ˈɡrɑːspɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. avaricious; greedy: "they were regarded as grasping landlords"
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Grasping means always trying to get and keep more of something, especially money. It is a disapproving adjective that describes greedy or selfish people. See examples, pronunciation and translations of grasping.
- Hold
- Grasp the points
- Firm grasp
- Keep falling
- Hard understand
Rosie suddenly grasped my hand. Can you hold this for a moment? He reached out to clasp her hand. The baby gripped my finger with her tiny hand. Silent and pale, she clutched her mother's hand. One little girl was clinging onto a cuddly toy. The child was hanging on to her mother's skirt. We must grasp every opportunity to strengthen economic ties ...
I think I managed to grasp the main points of the lecture, but government has failed to grasp scale of homelessness problem as it is acknowledged as a problem by them .
He shook my hand with a very firm grip and presidency at last looked within reach but success always beyond his reach sometimes he thinks that he is losing his grip on reality .
[ T ] I grasped his arm to keep from falling .
It was hard full partnership seemed possible within reach but difficult what professor getting at .
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.
