Значение "grope" в словаре английского

grope в английском

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gropeverb

uk /ɡrəʊp/ us /ɡroʊp/

[ I or T ] to feel with your hands, especially in order to find or move towards something when you cannot see easily:

She groped for her glasses on the bedside table.
I had to grope my way up the dark stairs.

[ T ] informal to touch someone's body in order to get sexual pleasure, usually when the person does not like it:

He groped me as I was going to the bar.

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gropenoun [ C ]

uk /ɡrəʊp/ us /ɡroʊp/ informal

a sexual touch, usually an unwanted and unpleasant one

(Определение grope из Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

grope в американском английском

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gropeverb [ I/T ]

us /ɡroʊp/

to search for something you cannot see or find easily, esp. by feeling with your hands:

[ I ] She stands on her toes and gropes around on the closet shelf.

infml Someone who gropes someone else touches that person’s body without permission.

(Определение grope из Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)