Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Grasping"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grasping \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
grasping
adj : 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" [syn:
{avaricious}, {covetous}, {grabby}, {greedy}, {prehensile}]
n 1: understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his
most strenuous graspings"
2: the act of gripping something firmly with the hands [syn: {taking
hold}, {seizing}, {prehension}]
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