Definition of grope

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grope

noun ((plural) gropes)

(obsolete) an iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel
Quotations
- 1866: Gropes appear to be pieces of iron binding together the inner joint of the fitting, and grope-nails to have been used for fastening these to the wood. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 1, p. 544.

verb (gropes, groped, groping)

(obsolete) To feel with or use the hands; to handle.
To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see.
To touch (another person) closely and sexually

We'd been together 2 weeks, and have just been kissing and groping, but no sex yet.

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