grasping

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle of grasp. Use this form for holding or grabbing something right now.

   She was grasping the rope with both hands as the wind picked up.

   The toddler kept grasping at the bright balloons just out of reach.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Greedy and always wanting more money or things, never feeling satisfied.

   Like someone who grabs all the toys and won't let anyone else play.

   Her grasping uncle hoarded every coin and shared nothing with the family.

   Critics painted the senator as a grasping man who chased only money.

   Similargreedy, avaricious, acquisitive, rapacious, covetous

   Oppositegenerous, unselfish

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   The act of grabbing something, or of always wanting to own more and more.

   Like always reaching for one more thing and never feeling you have enough.

   His constant grasping for power began to alarm his closest colleagues.

   Their endless grasping after riches left them lonely in the end.

   Similargreed, avarice, acquisitiveness, covetousness

   Oppositegenerosity

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