eng: grasping

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Meaning
means	(noun) understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings" grasping
means	(noun) the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) prehension, seizing, taking hold, grasping
means	(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" avaricious, greedy, prehensile, covetous, grasping, grabby