2. Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a
grasping man.
— Grasp"ing*ly, adv.
— Grasp"ing*ness, n.
GRASPLESS
Grasp"less, a.
Defn: Without a grasp; relaxed.
From my graspless hand Drop friendship's precious pearls. Coleridge.
GRASS Grass, n. Etym: [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, qr, g; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr, Sw. gr, and prob. to Z. grcen, grow. Cf. Graze.]
1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the food of cattle and other beasts; pasture.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generally jointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in pairs, and the seed single.
Note: This definition includes wheat, rye, oats, barley, etc., and excludes clover and some other plants which are commonly called by the name of grass. The grasses form a numerous family of plants.
3. The season of fresh grass; spring. [Colloq.] Two years old next grass. Lathsm.
4. Metaphorically used for what is transitory. Surely the people is grass. Is. xl. 7.