GROPING Synonyms

• the experiencing of affective and emotional states

• a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

• the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

• a physical sensation that you experience

• the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin

• an intuitive understanding of something

• affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

• affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

• the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another

• representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal

• effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure

• a light touch with the hands

• the event of something coming in contact with the body

• the act of putting two things together with no space between them

• arousing affect

• handle roughly

• a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges

• split (wood) with a maul and wedges

• injure badly by beating

• harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to

• annoy continually or chronically

• a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped

• the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

• scrape with the paws

• touch clumsily

• (sports) dropping the ball

• feel about uncertainly or blindly

• make one's way clumsily or blindly

• handle clumsily

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin

• drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder

• a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it)

• touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner

• (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground

• the place where something begins, where it springs into being

• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

• a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number

• the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation

• someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

• a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes

• the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair

• take root and begin to grow

• come into existence, originate

• cheer for

• plant by the roots

• dig with the snout

• become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style

• cause to take roots

• the event of something coming in contact with the body

• the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)

• a suggestion of some quality

• a distinguishing style

• the act of putting two things together with no space between them

• a slight but appreciable amount

• a communicative interaction

• a slight attack of illness

• the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)

• the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin

• deftness in handling matters

• the feel of mechanical action

• make physical contact with, come in contact with

• perceive via the tactile sense

• affect emotionally

• be relevant to

• be in direct physical contact with; make contact

• have an effect upon

• deal with; usually used with a form of negation

• cause to be in brief contact with

• to extend as far as

• be equal to in quality or ability

• tamper with

• make a more or less disguised reference to

• comprehend

• consume

• color lightly

• alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance