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Defenition of the word grab

    • Defenition of the word grab

      • To seize and keep prisoner.
      • To take hold of, especially in the hands, so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of.
      • To capture the attention or imagination of.
      • the act of catching an object with the hands; "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate"
      • take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!" "Grab the elevator door!"
      • taken or to be taken at random; "grab samples"
      • take or grasp suddenly; "She grabbed the child's hand and ran out of the room"
      • make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand: "The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask"
      • obtain illegally or unscrupulously; "Grab power"
      • capture the attention of; "This story will grab you"
      • get hold of or seize quickly and easily; "I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale"
      • the act of catching an object with the hands; "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate"; "he made a grab for the ball before it landed"; "Martin''s snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away"; "the infielder''s snap and throw was a single
      • a mechanical device for gripping an object
      • capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"
      • take or grasp suddenly; "She grabbed the child''s hand and ran out of the room"
      • take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!"
      • make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand; "The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask"
      • the act of catching an object with the hands
      • capture the attention or imagination of
      • take or grasp suddenly
      • take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
      • make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand
      • get hold of or seize quickly and easily
      • obtain illegally or unscrupulously

    Synonyms for the word grab

      • catch
      • seize
      • snaffle
      • snap
      • snap up
      • snatch
      • take hold of

    Similar words in the grab

      • catch up
      • irregular

    Hyponyms for the word grab

      • fair catch
      • fish
      • harpoon
      • hog
      • hook
      • intercept
      • interception
      • interlock
      • interlocking
      • mesh
      • meshing
      • net
      • nett
      • rebound
      • reception
      • shoestring catch
      • stop

    Hypernyms for the word grab

      • clutch
      • fascinate
      • intrigue
      • mechanical device
      • move
      • obtain
      • prehend
      • seize
      • take
      • touch
      • touching

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