Grope
11grope — [[t]gro͟ʊp[/t]] gropes, groping, groped 1) VERB If you grope for something that you cannot see, you try to find it by moving your hands around in order to feel it. [V for n] With his left hand he groped for the knob, turned it, and pulled the… …
12grope — verb (groped; groping) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grāpian; akin to Old English grīpan to seize Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to feel about blindly or uncertainly in search < grope for the light switch > 2. to… …
13grope — /grohp/, v., groped, groping, n. v.i. 1. to feel about with the hands; feel one s way: I had to grope around in the darkness before I found the light switch. 2. to search blindly or uncertainly: He seemed to be groping for an answer to the… …
14grope — verb ADVERB ▪ blindly ▪ about (BrE), around, round (esp. BrE) PREPOSITION ▪ for ▪ She groped blin …
15grope — [[t]groʊp[/t]] v. groped, grop•ing, n. 1) to feel about with the hands; feel one s way hesitantly: to grope around in the darkness[/ex] 2) to search blindly or uncertainly: to be groping for an answer[/ex] 3) to seek by or as if by groping: to… …
16grope — Hāhā. ♦ Grope here and there, hāhā hele, hilihua. ♦ Grope as a blind person, ho opāpā. Also: hāpapa, kūpāpā …
17grope — 1. verb /ɡɹəʊp,ɡɹoʊp/ a) 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 ones way, as with the hands, when one can not see. Yet there was no… …
18grope — Synonyms and related words: 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… …
19Grope — niederdeutscher Berufsübername zu mnd. grope »Topf aus Ton oder Metall« für den Hersteller …
20grope — verb 1》 feel about or search blindly or uncertainly with the hands. ↘(grope for) search uncertainly for (a word or answer) in one s mind. 2》 informal fondle (someone) for sexual pleasure, especially against their will. noun informal an act of …
