grasping

/'grɑ:spiɳ/
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grasping

A young child is grasping a colorful toy block.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Excessively eager to acquire material possessions, especially wealth: Characterized by an intense and often selfish desire to obtain and keep money or resources.
    • Having a firm hold or grip: Literally, seizing or holding something tightly.

  2. Noun:

    • The act of seizing and holding firmly: The physical action of gripping something with the hands or other appendages.
    • The intellectual act of comprehending something with effort: The process of trying to understand a difficult concept.
Usage and Examples

  • Adjective:

    • The grasping landlord raised the rent every chance he got.
    • She criticized the grasping nature of unchecked corporate expansion.
    • He held the rope with a grasping hand to keep from falling.

  • Noun:

    • His grasping of the branch saved him from the fall.
    • After much study, her grasping of quantum physics finally improved.
Advanced Usage
  • "Grasping at straws": Making a desperate attempt with little hope of success, often when trying to understand or find a solution.
    • He didn't understand the theory and was just grasping at straws during the exam.
Variants and Related Words
  • Grasp (verb/noun): To seize and hold; understanding.
    • She tried to grasp the complex idea.
  • Graspable (adjective): Able to be grasped, either physically or intellectually.
  • Ungrasping (adjective): Not greedy or acquisitive; generous.
Synonyms
  • Adjective (for greed): Avaricious, greedy, acquisitive, covetous.
  • Noun (for the act of holding): Grip, clutch, hold, clasp.
Antonyms
  • Adjective: Generous, altruistic, unselfish, liberal.
  • Noun: Release, letting go.
Related Phrases
  • Grasp the nettle: To tackle a difficult problem boldly.
    • The new manager decided to grasp the nettle and address the team's conflicts directly.
  • Within one's grasp: Within one's power to obtain or achieve.
    • Victory was finally within the team's grasp.
grasping

A young child is grasping a colorful toy block.

Adjective
  1. 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
Noun
  1. the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
  2. understanding with difficulty
    • the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings

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