Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: grasping
IPA transcription: [ɡɹ'æspɪŋ]
Pronunciations of grasping
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile
    Meaning: 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"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: grasping
    Meaning: understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings"
Usage examples
  • Grasping the side of the vehicle, he descended clumsily.
  • Clambering upon the stand, and grasping this lever in my hands, I put all my weight upon it sideways.
  • Grasping the end firmly, the lad shook out the rest of the rope, leaning back until it was almost taut.
  • "Why, hello, Jeff!" he greeted the detective, grasping his hand heartily. "You haven't been around for months.
  • He lay upon its after deck, grasping a stanchion that supported the small raised bridge round the conning tower.
  • Then he took his shield and set it upon his back, and grasping the handles of the plow he started to make the furrow.
  • He tried hard to keep awake, but it was of no use, and in the morning there he was again on the log, grasping the halter.
  • Grasping the horns of the bull that was upon his right hand, Jason dragged him until he had brought him beside the yoke of bronze.
  • The first thing she touched was Dolly's large pig-tail, and, grasping that tight, she sank again, dragging Dolly down with her, backward.
  • "Come," said Tarzan suddenly and grasping the lion's mane with his left hand he moved toward the other lions, his companion pacing at his side.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hook 'em Horns, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Triceratops, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hamlet, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Black vulture, License CC BY-SA 4.0