Grasping word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "grasping" word

[noun] the act of gripping something firmly with the hands
[noun] understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings"
[adjective] 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"

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\Grasp"ing\, a. 1. Seizing; embracing; catching. 2. Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man. -- {Grasp"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Grasp"ing*ness}, n.

Synonyms for grasping

acquisitive, avaricious, covetous, grabby, greedy, prehensile, prehension, seizing, taking hold

Related terms: acquiring, avariciousness, clamorous, fury of desire, hoggishness, holding, mean, money-mad, omnivorous, penny-pinching, personalistic, quenchless, self-absorbed, self-advancing, self-contained, self-devoted, self-jealous, self-occupied, stingy, taxing, unappeasable, vulturous

The fun area, different aproach to word »grasping«

Let's analyse "grasping" as pure text. This string has Eight letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: GNIPSARG. Average typing speed for these characters is 2225 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: --. .-. .- ... .--. .. -. --.

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: grasping: 1 + 9 = 10, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: grasping: 7 + 9 + 1 + 1 + 7 + 9 + 5 + 7 = 46, reduced: 1, and the final result is One.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
G (2)	7	Chariot	Strong, Sturdy, Decisive
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
P (1)	16	Tower	Craftsman, Laborer, Builder
R (1)	18	Moon	Patient, Determined, Strong
S (1)	19	Sun	Colorful, Bright, Perceptive

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