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1 grope for words
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2 grope
1. [grəʋp] n редк. 2. [grəʋp] v1. ощупывать, идти ощупью2. (for, after)1) искать, нащупыватьto grope for smb.'s hand - искать (ощупью) чью-л. руку
2) искать, подыскивать3) искать, добиваться, доискиватьсяto grope for knowledge - искать знаний, по крупице добывать знания
to grope for an answer [for a clue] - искать ответ [ключ]
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3 grope
1. n редк. ощупывание2. v ощупывать, идти ощупью3. v искать, нащупывать4. v искать, подыскивать5. v искать, добиваться, доискиватьсяto grope for knowledge — искать знаний, по крупице добывать знания
Синонимический ряд:1. examine (verb) clutch; examine; explore; feel; finger; grabble; grip; handle; manipulate; poke around; touch2. fumble (verb) fumble; grapple; probe; search -
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1. группа слов; кодовая группа2. группа слов; блок слов; кодовая группаa play on words — игра слов, каламбур
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5 high words
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6 identification of words
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7 multiple-matched words
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8 division of words
English-Russian big polytechnic dictionary > division of words
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9 in other words
См. также в других словарях:
grope — grope1 [grəup US group] v [: Old English; Origin: grapian] 1.) [I ] to try to find something that you cannot see by feeling with your hands grope for ▪ Ginny groped for her glasses on the bedside table. grope around ▪ We groped around in the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
grope — I UK [ɡrəʊp] / US [ɡroʊp] verb Word forms grope : present tense I/you/we/they grope he/she/it gropes present participle groping past tense groped past participle groped 1) a) grope or grope around [intransitive] to search for something inside a… … English dictionary
grope — grope1 [ group ] verb 1. ) grope or grope around intransitive to search for something inside a container, bag, etc. by feeling with your hands: She was groping around in her purse for her keys. a ) transitive to try to get to a place by feeling… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
grope — [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
grope — [[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… … English dictionary
grope — 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… … New Collegiate Dictionary
grope 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
grope — 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… … Moby Thesaurus
grope — 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
feel for — Synonyms and related words: ache, be sorry for, beat about, bleed, bleed for, commiserate, compassionate, condole with, feel around, feel sorrow for, feel sorry for, fumble, grabble, grope, grope for, lament for, pity, poke around, pry around,… … Moby Thesaurus
List of words having different meanings in British and American English: A–L — Differences between American and British English American English … Wikipedia