Dictionary Definition
grab
Noun
1 a mechanical device for gripping an
object
2 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 motion" [syn: catch, snatch, snap]
Verb
1 take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop
the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!" [syn:
catch, take hold
of]
2 get hold of or seize quickly and easily; "I
snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale" [syn: snap up, snaffle]
3 make a grasping or snatching motion with the
hand; "The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask"
4 obtain illegally or unscrupulously; "Grab
power"
5 take or grasp suddenly; "She grabbed the
child's hand and ran out of the room"
6 capture the attention or imagination of; "This
story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination" [syn:
seize] [also: grabbing, grabbed]
User Contributed Dictionary
see Grab
English
Pronunciation
- /græb/
- Rhymes with: -æb
Verb
Translations
to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion
(at something)
to restrain someone; to arrest
- Albanian: kap
- Finnish: pidättää, vangita
- Spanish: detener, arrestar
to grip the attention; to enthrall
- Albanian: kap
- Finnish: vangita
Noun
- the act of grabbing something or someone
- a mechanical device that grabs
Derived terms
Translations
the act of grabbing something or someone
- Albanian: kapje
- Finnish: tarttuminen
- Hungarian: megragadás, megfogás
a mechanical device that grabs
- Albanian: kapëse
- Finnish: tarttuminen
- Hungarian: markológép
- ttbc Catalan: agafar
- ttbc Croatian: poseći, posegnuti
- ttbc Esperanto: kapti
- ttbc French: saisir
- ttbc Italian: afferrare
- ttbc Portuguese: agarrar
- ttbc Spanish: agarrar
Polish
Pronunciation
- lang=pl|[grap]
Declension
Extensive Definition
Grab may refer to:
- Grab (tool)
- Grab (software), a Macintosh screen capture utility software application
- Grab bar, a bar used to grab and steady oneself
- Grab, a skateboard trick where one touches the skateboard with a hand
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abduct,
abduction, absorb, absorb the attention,
annex, apprehend, apprehension, appropriate, arrest, arrest the thoughts,
arrestation,
arrogate, burglary, caper, capture, carry off, catch, catch the thoughts,
catching, charm, clutch, collar, collaring, commandeer, coup, desire, dragnet, enchant, engage, engage the attention,
engage the mind, engage the thoughts, engross, engross the mind,
engross the thoughts, enthrall, exercise, expropriate, fascinate, fasten upon,
filch, forcible seizure,
get at, get hold of, glom on to, grab at, grabbing, grapple, grasp, grip, heist, hit, hold, hold spellbound, hold the
interest, hypnotize,
immerse, impress, involve, involve the interest,
job, jump at, kidnap, kidnapping, lay hands on, lay
hold of, lift, make an
impression, mesmerize,
monopolize, nab, nabbing, nail, obsess, occupy, occupy the attention,
pick up, picking up, pinch, power grab, prehension, preoccupy, put under arrest,
rip-off, robbery, run
in, running in, seize,
seizure, seizure of
power, shanghai, sink
in, snag, snatch, snatch at, snatching, spellbind, steal, strike, take, take in, take into custody,
take over, take possession, take prisoner, take up, taking in,
taking into custody, theft, throttle, usurp