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PREHENSILE

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealthplay

Example:

prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees

Synonyms:

avaricious; covetous; grabby; grasping; greedy; prehensile

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

acquisitive (eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an objectplay

Example:

a monkey's prehensile tail

Classified under:

Adjectives

Antonym:

nonprehensile (not prehensile)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Having a keen intellectplay

Example:

poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

intelligent (having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree)

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