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| avaricious |
marked by avarice; greedy, esp. for wealth; grasping. |
| chelicera |
either of the first pair of appendages of spiders, ticks, and the like, esp. used for grasping. |
| chin |
in gymnastics, to pull (oneself) upward from a dangling position while grasping a horizontal bar until the chin is level with the bar. [1/3 definitions] |
| clasp |
a grasping or gripping with or as if with a hand or arms. [1/4 definitions] |
| elephant |
either of two large mammals, one Asian and one African, that have a long, flexible trunk used for grasping food or lifting burdens, upper incisors elongated into curving tusks, and, in the African species, esp. large fan-shaped ears. |
| grip |
the act of grasping, seizing, or maintaining a firm hold. [1/14 definitions] |
| hand |
the part on the end of the human arm, used for grasping or holding. [1/17 definitions] |
| handclasp |
the grasping of each other's hands by two or more people, as a salutation or expression of affection, sympathy, or the like. |
| Harpy |
(l.c.) a person who is very greedy or grasping. [1/4 definitions] |
| hold1 |
the act of grasping by physical means. [1/18 definitions] |
| mouthpart |
(usu. pl.) any of several mouth structures of arthropods that are specially adapted for grasping, biting, piercing, or sucking. |
| on the uptake |
in understanding, realizing, or grasping. |
| pedipalp |
one of the second leglike pair of appendages of spiders and other arachnids, developed for a variety of functions such as fertilizing, grasping, or sensing. |
| piciform |
of or similar to birds, such as woodpeckers, that have two front and two back toes for grasping vertical surfaces. |
| pluck |
to make a grasping and releasing motion upon. [1/8 definitions] |
| prehensile |
adapted for seizing or grasping. |
| pull |
to move or try to bring something closer by exerting force or grasping (often fol. by "at"). [1/16 definitions] |
| quadrumanous |
having all four feet adapted for grasping, as monkeys and apes. |
| swarm2 |
to climb by grasping with the arms and legs. |
| tentacle |
any of various long thin flexible appendages that protrude usu. around the head or mouth of some animals, such as the octopus and the squid, and serve esp. for feeling or grasping. [1/3 definitions] |
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