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Synonyms for grope

Grammar : Verb
Spell : grohp
Phonetic Transcription : groÊŠp

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Définition of grope

Origin :
  • Old English grapian "to feel about (as one blind or in darkness)," originally "lay hold of, seize, touch, attain," related to gripan "grasp at" (see gripe). Figurative sense is from early 14c. Indecent sense (marked as "obsolete" in OED) is from c.1200. Related: Groped; groping. The noun is Old English grap.
  • verb feel about for
Example sentences :
  • Strive and grope as he would, the thing had driven him on relentlessly.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • We all hope, we all look forward, we all grope for a future which will be better than the present.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • It was dark, so that on both occasions we were obliged to grope our way.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • The forward ambulance began to grope its way slowly forward.
  • Extract from : « Poisoned Air » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
  • They had to grope in the corners, and occasionally their hands touched.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • From there he was forced to grope his way down the dark hall to the stairs.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various
  • She knelt to grope for it, and, having found it, she shut the box.
  • Extract from : « Glory of Youth » by Temple Bailey
  • His soul was too bruised to grope its way about, but instinct told him that bills must be paid.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • Often, at night, I would try with one lost hand to grope for the other.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 » by Various
  • Every time I read great work I see the confirmation of what I grope for.
  • Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley

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