About The Word Grope
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Grope
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What's The Definition Of Grope?
[n] the act of groping; and instance of groping
[v] fondle for sexual pleasure; "He made some sexual advances at the woman in his office and groped her repeatedly" [v] feel about uncertainly or blindly; "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom" [v] search blindly or uncertainly; "His mind groped to make the connection" Synonyms | Synonyms for Grope: fumble Related Terms | Find terms related to Grope: agonize over | be at sea | be uncertain | beat about | doubt | examine | explore | feel | feel around | feel for | feel unsure | fish | flounder | fumble | grabble | grope for | poke | poke around | probe | prod | pry | pry around | puzzle over | question | quick look | root | scrabble | search | tentative examination | thrash about | wonder | wonder whether See Also | assay | attempt | caress | essay | grope for | look for | scrabble | search | seek | seek | touch | touching | try Grope In Webster's Dictionary \Grope\ (gr[=o]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Groped}
(gr[=o]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Groping}.] [OE. gropen, gropien,
grapien, AS. gr[=a]pian to touch, grope, fr. gr[imac]pan to
gripe. See {Gripe}.]
1. To feel with or use the hands; to handle. [Obs.]
2. To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as
a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as
in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the
hands, when one can not see.
We grope for the wall like the blind. --Is. lix. 10.
To grope a little longer among the miseries and
sensualities ot a worldly life. --Buckminster.
\Grope\, v. t. 1. To search out by feeling in the dark; as, we groped our way at midnight. 2. To examine; to test; to sound. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Felix gropeth him, thinking to have a bribe. --Genevan Test. (Acts xxiv. ). |
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