grope

1. v. i. To feel with or use the hands; to handle. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

3. v. t. To search out by feeling in the dark; as, we groped our way at midnight. Source: opted

4. v. t. To examine; to test; to sound. Source: opted

5. n. the act of groping; and instance of groping Source: wordnet

6. v. feel about uncertainly or blindly Source: wordnet

7. v. search blindly or uncertainly Source: wordnet

8. v. fondle for sexual pleasure Source: wordnet

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. ). Source: webster

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 Source: ecdict

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