 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
prehensile
adjective
1: adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an
object; "a monkey's prehensile tail" [ant: {nonprehensile}]
2: having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely
prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch
3: immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are
avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting
covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old
miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and
power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers
stingy with raises for their employees" [syn: {avaricious},
{covetous}, {grabby}, {grasping}, {greedy}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Prehensile \Pre*hen"sile\, adjective [L. prehensus, p. p. of prehendere
to lay hold of, seize; pre- (equiv. to prae before) + hendere
(in comp.), akin to E. get: cf. F. pr['e]hensile. See {Get},
and cf. {Prison}, {Prize}, noun]
Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the
prehensile tail of a monkey.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "prehensile":
acquisitive, all-knowing, apperceptive, appercipient, apprehending,
apprehensive, aware, clawed, cognizant, comprehending, conscious,
dentate, desirous, digital, digitate, digitated, fanged, fingered,
grabby, grasping, greedy, insightful, intelligent, itchy, jawed,
knowing, knowledgeable, mindful, omniscient, perceptive,
percipient, perspicacious, raptorial, sagacious, sensible, shrewd,
taloned, toothed, understanding, wise
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