"greedy, acquisitive," late 14c., present-participle adjective from grasp (v.). Related: Graspingly.
the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings
a grasping old miser
grasping commercialism
grappa
grapple
grappler
graptolite
grasp
grasping
grass
grass roots
grass widow
grasshopper
grassland
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