grope
US: /ˈɡɹoʊp/
UK: /ɡɹˈəʊp/
UK: /ɡɹˈəʊp/
English Vietnamese dictionary
grope /group/
- động từ
- (+ for, after) sờ soạng tìm
- dò dẫm, mò mẫm
- to grope one's way in the dark: dò dẫm đường trong đêm tối
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb
1 [V] ~ (around / for sth) to try and find sth that you cannot see, by feeling with your hands: I groped for the light switch. + He groped around in the dark for his other sock. + She groped for the railing to steady her as she fell. + (figurative) 'It's so ..., so ...' I was groping for the right word to describe it.
2 [+adv./prep.] to try and reach a place by feeling with your hands because you cannot see clearly: [VN] He groped his way up the staircase in the dark. + [V] She groped through the darkness towards the doors.
3 [VN] (informal) to touch sb sexually, especially when they do not want you to
+ noun (informal) an act of groping sb (= touching them sexually)
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
feel, fumble, fish, probe:
I groped for the switch in the dark.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
blindly | vaguely | about/around/round
PREP.
for
She groped blindly for the door handle.
PHRASES
grope your way
I groped my way across the pitch-black stage.
Concise English dictionary
gropes|groped|gropinggrəʊp
noun
+the act of groping; and instance of groping
verb
+feel about uncertainly or blindly
+search blindly or uncertainly
+fondle for sexual pleasure
