a. | 1. | Seizing; embracing; catching. |
2. | Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; |
Noun | 1. | grasping - understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings" |
2. | grasping - the act of gripping something firmly with the hands | |
Adj. | 1. | grasping - 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" |