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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: | |
Grope \Grope\, v. t. | |
1. To search out by feeling in the dark; as, we groped our | |
way at midnight. | |
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2. To examine; to test; to sound. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Felix gropeth him, thinking to have a bribe. | |
--Genevan | |
Test. (Acts | |
xxiv. ). | |
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: | |
Grope \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.] | |
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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. | |
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We grope for the wall like the blind. --Is. lix. 10. | |
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To grope a little longer among the miseries and | |
sensualities ot a worldly life. --Buckminster. | |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
grope | |
n 1: the act of groping; and instance of groping | |
v 1: feel about uncertainly or blindly; "She groped for her | |
glasses in the darkness of the bedroom" [syn: {grope}, | |
{fumble}] | |
2: search blindly or uncertainly; "His mind groped to make the | |
connection" | |
3: fondle for sexual pleasure; "He made some sexual advances at | |
the woman in his office and groped her repeatedly" | |
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary [stardic]: | |
v. 以摸索寻找,摸索; | |
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thesaurus]: | |
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "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 |
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