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English to English adjective
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adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object |  | Example: a monkey's prehensile tail
source: wordnet30
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Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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having a keen intellect | | Example: poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men
source: wordnet30
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immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | | Example: they are avaricious and will do anything for money
casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields
a grasping old miser
grasping commercialism
greedy for money and power
grew richer and greedier
prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees
source: wordnet30
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