Grope

  • 21grope — 1 verb 1 (intransitive always + adv/prep) to try to find something that you cannot see by feeling with your hands (+ for/through/around etc): Ginny groped for her glasses on the bedside table. | groping around in the dark 2 grope your way… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22grope — [grəʊp] verb 1) [I] to try to find something by feeling with your hands She was groping around in her bag for her keys.[/ex] I groped my way to the door.[/ex] 2) [I] to search for an idea or a way to say something without being certain of what… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 23grope — [c]/groʊp / (say grohp) verb (groped, groping) –verb (i) 1. to feel about with the hands; feel one s way. 2. to search blindly or uncertainly. –verb (t) 3. to seek by or as by feeling. 4. Colloquial to fondle sexually. –noun 5. a clumsy movement; …

  • 24grope for — index hunt Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 25grope in the dark — Synonyms and related words: be benighted, be blind, be blind to, beat about, blink at, feel around, feel for, fumble, go blind, grabble, grope, grope for, labor in darkness, not see, poke around, pry around, scrabble, walk in darkness, wear… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 26grope for — phr verb Grope for is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑hand …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 27grope for — search uncertainly for (a word or answer) in one s mind. → grope …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 28GROPE — Graphical Representation Of Protocols In Estelle …

    Acronyms

  • 29Grope — fondle, embrace clumsily and with sexual intent …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 30grope — Australian Slang fondle, embrace clumsily and with sexual intent …

    English dialects glossary