prehensile
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(adjective) adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; "a monkey's prehensile tail" |
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Antonyms: nonprehensile |
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(satellite adjective) having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch |
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(satellite adjective) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees" |
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Synonyms: avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy |
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