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# groping

verb (present participle of grope); adjective

«groping» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Feeling about with the hands in the dark or when unable to see. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groping/#m1)
2. Searching slowly and uncertainly for a way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groping/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groping/#x1)
- The groping child bumped into a chair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groping/#x2)
- Her groping hand found the door handle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groping/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «groping» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groping/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«groping» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/groping.html) on Mova free.