grab
Meaning of grab
verb
- grasp or seize suddenly and roughly.
she grabbed him by the shirt collar
she grabbed her keys and rushed out
- attract the attention of; make an impression on.
how does that grab you?
- a quick sudden clutch or attempt to seize.
he made a grab at the pistol
- a mechanical device for clutching, lifting, and moving things, especially materials in bulk.
late 16th century: from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch grabben ; perhaps related to grip, gripe, and grope.
Information about grab
- The plural form of grab is: grabs.
- Languages in which grab is used:
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Hyphenation of grab
grab
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- grab is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
grab synonyms
Meaning catch:
Meaning snap up:
Meaning seize:
Meaning seize and hold firmly:
Meaning seize hold of (someone):
Meaning take and keep a firm hold of; grasp tightly:
Meaning grasp (something) tightly with one's hand:
Meaning grasp (something) tightly:
Meaning lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold:
Meaning catch hold of and pull quickly:
Meaning stop (someone) in order to talk to them:
grab antonyms
Meaning allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free:
Translation of grab
- French: arrêter, appréhender, attraper, saisir, capturer, agripper, captiver
- German: festnehmen, verhaften, fangen
- Spanish: capturar, detener, arrestar, apresar, aprehender, agazapar, atrapar, coger, prender, llamar
- Italian: arrestare, detenere, afferrare, prendere, acchiappare, catturare, rapire, avvincere
- Portuguese: prender, esconder
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