Found 3 items, similar to grab.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: grab
menangkap, menyabet
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: grab
grab
v 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]
grab
n 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]
[also:
grabbing,
grabbed]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Grab
Grab
\Grab\, n.
1. A sudden grasp or seizure.
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2. An instrument for clutching objects for the purpose of
raising them; -- specially applied to devices for
withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells
that are drilled, bored, or driven.
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Grab bag, at fairs, a bag or box holding small articles
which are to be drawn, without being seen, on payment of a
small sum. [Colloq.]
Grab game, a theft committed by grabbing or snatching a
purse or other piece of property. [Colloq.]
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Grab
\Grab\ (gr[a^]b), n. [Ar. & Hind. ghur[=a]b crow, raven, a
kind of Arab ship.] (Naut.)
A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three
masts.
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Grab
\Grab\ (gr[a^]b), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
Grabbed
(gr[a^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Grabbing.] [Akin to Sw. grabba
to grasp. Cf.
Grabble,
Grapple,
Grasp.]
To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.
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