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grasping
adjective
noun
Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
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ˈɡɹæspɪŋ
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adjective
Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
“They are avaricious and will do anything for money”
noun
The act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
noun
Understanding with difficulty
“The lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings”
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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
The lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings
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