grope

v., groped, grop·ing, gropes.

v.intr.

1. To reach about uncertainly; feel one's way: groped for the telephone.
2. To search blindly or uncertainly: grope for an answer.

v.tr.

1. To make (one's way) by reaching about uncertainly.
2. Slang. To handle or fondle for sexual pleasure.

n.
The act or an instance of groping.

[Middle English gropen, from Old English grāpian.]

groper grop'er n.
gropingly grop'ing·ly adv.

verb

To reach about or search blindly or uncertainly: feel, fumble, grabble, poke. See seek/avoid, touch/not touch.

IN BRIEF: To move or act or search blindly. Also: To seek mentally.

How do I work? I grope. — Albert Einstein (1879-1955).

Tutor's tip: A "group" (three or more people or things) of hikers had to "grope" (to feel their way in the dark) their way through the forest at night.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the act of groping; and instance of groping

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The verb grope has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: feel about uncertainly or blindly
  Synonym: fumble
  Also see: grope for (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: search blindly or uncertainly

Meaning #3: fondle for sexual pleasure

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - famle, lede, søge
v. tr. - befamle, tage på
n. - famlen, leden

Nederlands (Dutch)
tasten, op de tast zoeken, klungelig betasten (seksueel), het tasten

Français (French)
v. intr. - chercher qch à tâtons, (fig) tâtonner
v. tr. - contourner/descendre à tâtons, tripoter
n. - pelotage, (fig) tâtonnements

Deutsch (German)
v. - tasten
n. - Tasten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ψηλαφώ, ψαχουλεύω, ψάχνω, προσπαθώ να βρω, αναζητώ ψηλαφητά, χερουκλώνω
n. - (καθομ.) ψηλάφηση, χούφτωμα

Italiano (Italian)
andare a tentoni, tentare

idioms:

• grope for    cercare a tentoni

Português (Portuguese)
v. - tatear, andar às cegas, procurar no escuro
n. - ação (f) de tatear ou procurar às apalpadelas

idioms:

• grope for    procurar às apalpadelas, procurar em vão

Русский (Russian)
нащупывать, идти ощупью

idioms:

• grope for    искать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - andar a tientas
v. tr. - andar a tientas, acariciar a alguien sexualmente
n. - acto de andar a tientas, caricias sexuales

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - leta efter, tafsa på
n. - trevande, tafsande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
触摸, 探索, 探求, 暗中摸, 摸索, 抚摸...的身体

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 觸摸, 探索, 探求, 暗中摸
v. tr. - 摸索, 撫摸...的身體
n. - 觸摸, 探索

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 손으로 더듬다, 더듬어 찾다
v. tr. - (몸을) 더듬다, 더듬으면서 가다
n. - 더듬기

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 手探りする, 探る, 模索する
n. - 手探り

idioms:

• grope for    手探りする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتلمس طريقه (الاسم) تلمس الطريق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮מישש, גישש, חיפש, חיפש במוחו‬
v. tr. - ‮גישש את דרכו, התקדם באופן מסורבל אל תענוג מיני (עגה)‬
n. - ‮חיפוש, גישוש, מישוש‬

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