grasping - Meaning in Bengali

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grasping - Meaning in Bengali

Definitions and Meaning of grasping in English

grasping adjective

1. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth

   Synonyms

   avaricious, covetous, grabby, greedy, prehensile

   Examples

   • "a grasping old miser"
   • "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"
   • "grasping commercialism"
   • "greedy for money and power"
   • "grew richer and greedier"
   • "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
   • "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"

grasping noun

1. the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)

   Synonyms

   prehension, seizing, taking hold

2. understanding with difficulty

   Example

   • "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings"

Synonyms of grasping

• prehension, seizing, taking hold
• avaricious, covetous, grabby, greedy, prehensile

Description

A grasp is an act of taking, holding or seizing firmly with the hand. An example of a grasp is the handshake, wherein two people grasp one of each other's like hands.

Also see "Grasp" on Wikipedia

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