grope+about
11grope — Synonyms and related words: agonize over, be at sea, be uncertain, beat about, doubt, examine, explore, feel, feel around, feel for, feel unsure, fish, flounder, fumble, grabble, grope for, poke, poke around, probe, prod, pry, pry around, puzzle… …
12grope — 1. verb /ɡɹəʊp,ɡɹoʊp/ a) To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel ones way, as with the hands, when one can not see. Yet there was no… …
13grope — verb 1》 feel about or search blindly or uncertainly with the hands. ↘(grope for) search uncertainly for (a word or answer) in one s mind. 2》 informal fondle (someone) for sexual pleasure, especially against their will. noun informal an act of …
14grope — [c]/groʊp / (say grohp) verb (groped, groping) –verb (i) 1. to feel about with the hands; feel one s way. 2. to search blindly or uncertainly. –verb (t) 3. to seek by or as by feeling. 4. Colloquial to fondle sexually. –noun 5. a clumsy movement; …
15grope — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. feel, essay, fumble; attempt; hunt, search. See feeling, touch. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. fumble, touch, feel blindly; see feel 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. feel about, finger, seek blindly …
16grope — grəʊp v. find one s way by feeling with the hands, feel about, probe; search uncertainly, seek blindly; touch or feel someone s body …
17grope in the dark — fumble or feel about in the darkness, search for in the dark; proceed by trial and error, proceed uncertainly …
18grope — v. & n. v. 1 intr. (usu. foll. by for) feel about or search blindly or uncertainly with the hands. 2 intr. (foll. by for, after) search mentally (was groping for the answer). 3 tr. feel (one s way) towards something. 4 tr. sl. fondle clumsily for …
19poke about — grope around, search for using the sense of touch …
20beat about — Synonyms and related words: about ship, agonize over, angle for, ask for, back and fill, be at sea, be hard put, be uncertain, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about for, box off, break, bring about, bring round, cant, cant… …
