Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Grasping \Grasp"ing\, a.
   1. Seizing; embracing; catching.

   2. Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as,
      he is a grasping man. -- {Grasp"ing*ly}, adv. --
      {Grasp"ing*ness}, n.