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# groping

«groping» in Mova's school dictionary: **Feeling about with the hands in the dark or when unable…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (present participle of grope); adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Feeling about with the hands in the dark or when unable to see. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groping/#m1)

2) Searching slowly and uncertainly for a way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groping/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a character finds the way back to a room or a hiding place by feeling along

### examples

- Groping round, he found his way back to his room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groping/#x1)
- The groping child bumped into a chair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groping/#x2)
- Her groping hand found the door handle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groping/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «groping» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groping/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.