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GROPE FOR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Feel searchingly

Example:

She groped for his keys in the dark

Synonyms:

grope for; scrabble

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "grope for" is one way to...):

feel (grope or feel in search of something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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