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1 grope
1. intransitive verb 2. transitive verbgrope one's way [along] — sich [entlang]tasten; (fig.) [sich durch]lavieren (ugs. abwertend)
* * *[ɡrəup](to search for something by feeling with one's hands: He groped his way through the smoke; He groped for the door.) tasten* * *[grəʊp, AM groʊp]I. n2. ( usu fam: clumsy touch) Fummeln nt kein pl fam, Fummelei f fam; (sexual touch) Betatschen nt kein pl, Befummeln nt kein pl fam, Begrapschen nt kein pl famshe accused him of trying to have a \grope sie warf ihm vor, er habe versucht, sie zu betatschen famII. vi tastento \grope for the right words nach den richtigen Worten suchenIII. vt1. (search)to \grope one's way sich dat tastend seinen Weg suchen* * *[grəʊp]1. vi(herum)tasten (for nach); (for words, solution) suchen (for nach)to be groping in the dark — im Dunkeln tappen
2. vttasten nach; (inf) girlfriend befummeln (inf)to grope (one's way) in/out — sich hinein-/hinaustasten
they are groping ( their way) toward(s) a cure — sie bemühen sich darum, ein Heilmittel zu finden
3. n (inf)to have a grope — fummeln (inf)
a quick grope — eine schnelle Fummelei (inf)
* * *grope [ɡrəʊp]grope in the dark bes fig im Dunkeln tappen;B v/t1. tastend suchen:grope one’s way sich vorwärts tasten2. umg ein Mädchen etc befummelnC s1. Tasten n* * *1. intransitive verb2. transitive verbgrope for the right word/truth — nach dem richtigen Wort/der Wahrheit suchen
grope one's way [along] — sich [entlang]tasten; (fig.) [sich durch]lavieren (ugs. abwertend)
* * *v.tasten v.
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grope in the dark — fumble or feel about in the darkness, search for in the dark; proceed by trial and error, proceed uncertainly … English contemporary 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 — (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.] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Grope — Grope, v. t. 1. To search out by feeling in the dark; as, we groped our way at midnight. [1913 Webster] 2. To examine; to test; to sound. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Felix gropeth him, thinking to have a bribe. Genevan Test. (Acts xxiv. ).… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
grope — v. 1) (D; intr.) to grope for (to grope for one s keys) 2) (P; intr.) to grope around (in the dark) * * * [grəʊp] (P; intr.) to grope around (in the dark) (D; intr.) to grope for (to grope for one s keys) … Combinatory dictionary
dark — I adj. 1) pitch ( completely ) dark 2) (misc.) as dark as night ( very dark ); to grow dark II n. darkness 1) after dark 2) in the dark (to grope for the door in the dark) ignorance 3) to keep smb. in the dark * * * [dɑːk] to grow dark [ darkness … Combinatory dictionary
grope — /grohp/, v., groped, groping, n. v.i. 1. to feel about with the hands; feel one s way: I had to grope around in the darkness before I found the light switch. 2. to search blindly or uncertainly: He seemed to be groping for an answer to the… … Universalium
grope — [[t]groʊp[/t]] v. groped, grop•ing, n. 1) to feel about with the hands; feel one s way hesitantly: to grope around in the darkness[/ex] 2) to search blindly or uncertainly: to be groping for an answer[/ex] 3) to seek by or as if by groping: to… … From formal English to slang
grope — 1. verb /ɡɹəʊp,ɡɹoʊp/ a) 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 ones way, as with the hands, when one can not see. Yet there was no… … Wiktionary
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
grope — v. n. Feel one s way (as in the dark), pick one s way, move blindly, move stumblingly … New dictionary of synonyms