| Front | grope |
|---|---|
| Back | grope verb, noun BrE /ɡrəʊp/ NAmE /ɡroʊp/ verb verb forms word origin example bank 1 [intransitive] ~ (around)(for sth) to try and find sth that you cannot see, by feeling with your hands He groped around in the dark for his other sock. She groped for the railing to steady her as she fell. (figurative) ‘It's so…, so…’ I was groping for the right word to describe it. 2 [transitive, intransitive] to try and reach a place by feeling with your hands because you cannot see clearly ~ your way + adv./prep. He groped his way up the staircase in the dark. + adv./prep. She groped through the darkness towards the doors. 3 [transitive] ~ sb (informal) to touch sb sexually, especially when they do not want you to noun word origin (informal) an act of groping sb (= touching them sexually) |
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