grope

• capture
• cast about
• clutch
• comb
• corral
• dredge
• feel
• fish
• fumble
• get
• grab
• grabble
• hunt
• look
• nab
• nail
• rake
• ransack
• reach
• rifle
• rummage
• scour
• scrabble
• seize
• snatch

• noun
  1. An act of groping, especially sexually.
  2. An iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel.
• verb
  1. To feel with or use the hands; to handle.
  2. 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.
  3. To touch (another person) closely and (especially) sexually.
  4. To intentionally and inappropriately touch another person, in such a manner as to make the contact appear accidental, for the purpose of one's sexual gratification.
  5. To examine; to test; to sound.

• He had to grope for the keys in the dark.
• She began to grope for the right words to say.
• The miner had to grope his way through the tunnel.
• I saw him grope around the drawer looking for a pen.
• They had to grope their way out during the blackout.

palm

fall down

palpate

venture

ventures

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