Definition of grasping

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Grasping (a.) Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man..

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Grasping :: Grasping (a.) Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man..
Forceps :: Forceps (n.) A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc..
Outsider :: Outsider (n.) A locksmith's pinchers for grasping the point of a key in the keyhole, to open a door from the outside when the key is inside..
Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.
Pinchers :: Pinchers (n. pl.) An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held fast, drawing nails, etc..
Curmudgeon :: Curmudgeon (n.) An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl..
Prehensile :: Prehensile (n.) Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey..
Grip :: Grip (v. t.) An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.
Clasper :: Clasper (n.) One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping the female among many of the Crustacea.
Grasping :: Grasping (a.) Seizing; embracing; catching.
Miser :: Miser (n.) A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard..
Port :: Port (v. t.) To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms..
Holding :: Holding (n.) The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining..
Cheliform :: Cheliform (a.) Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike..
Clutch :: Clutch (n.) The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary..
Clasp :: Clasp (n.) A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand..
Prehension :: Prehension (n.) The act of taking hold, seizing, or grasping, as with the hand or other member..
Engrasping :: Engrasping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engras.
Grip :: Grip (v. t.) A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite..
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