Grasping

a.	1.	Seizing; embracing; catching.
	2.	Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man.

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 Synonyms: prehension, taking hold, seizing
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" Synonyms: avaricious, grabby, greedy, covetous, prehensile

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