Grasping and Sweep

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Grasping noun - The act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles).

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Sweep and grasping are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sweep" instead a noun "Grasping".

Nearby Words: grasp, grasped, grasper

Sweep noun - An area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends.

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Grasping and sweep are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grasping" instead a noun "Sweep".

Nearby Words: sweeping, sweeper

While it never claimed they were sharp, one (discredited) theory about the evolution of feathers depicted them as hunting weapons that extended the grasping ability of bird-ancestors' forelimbs, allowing them to trap insects in a cage of proto-feathers and sweep them into their mouths.

Source: Feather Flechettes

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