prehensile - Meaning in Hindi

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prehensile - Meaning in Hindi

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Definitions and Meaning of prehensile in English

prehensile adjective

1. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth

   Synonyms

   avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy

   लालची, लोभी

   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"
2. adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object

   Example

   • "a monkey's prehensile tail"
3. having a keen intellect

   Example

   • "poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"

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