Thesaurus: grope

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1. v. i. To feel with or use the hands; to handle.
2. v. i. 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.
3. v. t. To search out by feeling in the dark; as, we groped our way at midnight.
4. v. t. To examine; to test; to sound.
5. n. the act of groping; and instance of groping
6. v. feel about uncertainly or blindly
7. v. search blindly or uncertainly
8. v. fondle for sexual pleasure
9. 1. To feel with or use the hands; to handle. [Obs.] 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. We grope for the wall like the blind. Is. lix. 10. To grope a little longer among the miseries and sensualities ot a worldly life. Buckminster. 1. To search out by feeling in the dark; as, we groped our way at midnight. 2. To examine; to test; to sound. [Obs.] Chaucer. Felix gropeth him, thinking to have a bribe. Genevan Test. (Acts xxiv. ).
10. n:4/v:96 n. the act of groping; and instance of groping v. feel about uncertainly or blindly v. search blindly or uncertainly v. fondle for sexual pleasure