Definition Definition

prehensile - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'prehensile' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Prehensile [ n.]
- Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey.

Meaning of 'prehensile' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . prehensile [ a]
Meaning (1):
- adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object
Example in sentence:
  • a monkey's prehensile tail
2 . prehensile [ s]
Meaning (2):
- immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
Example in sentence:
  • a grasping old miser;
  • casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields;
  • grasping commercialism;
  • greedy for money and power;
  • grew richer and greedier;
  • prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees;
  • they are avaricious and will do anything for money
Meaning (3):
- having a keen intellect
Example in sentence:
  • poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men

Nearby Words:

pre- preaccusation preace preach preached preacher preachership preachify preaching preachman

See 'prehensile' also in:

Dictionary.com Google Translator Wikipedia.com Merriam Webster

Categories

Browse Dictionary