āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
prehensile
/pÉšÉĒhËÉnsaâÉĒl/
prehensile
01
āĻ˛ā§āĻā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻā§, āĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ§āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻšā§
excessively eager to acquire, especially wealth or possessions
Old use
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She had a prehensile instinct for spotting profitable ventures.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ˛ā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻ§āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¯, āĻ§āĻ°ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽ
(of body parts) capable of gripping or holding
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Chameleons have prehensile feet for gripping twigs.
āĻāĻŋāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻĄāĻžāĻ˛āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻž āĻ§āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ§āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻŖ, āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽ
quick to understand or absorb ideas
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He showed a prehensile understanding of legal nuance.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻŽāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
nonprehensile
prehensile
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
