Definition of grab

noun (n)

• a mechanical device for gripping an object (noun.artifact)

  source: wordnet30
• the act of catching an object with the hands (noun.act)

  Synonym: catch, snap, snatch
  

  Example:
  He made a grab for the ball before it landed.
  

  source: wordnet30
• A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• A sudden grasp or seizure. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of (verb.contact)

  Synonym: catch, take hold of
  

  Example:
  Grab the elevator door!.
  

  source: wordnet30
• get hold of or seize quickly and easily (verb.possession)

  Synonym: snaffle, snap up
  

  source: wordnet30
• make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand (verb.motion)

  Example:
  The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask.
  

  source: wordnet30
• obtain illegally or unscrupulously (verb.possession)

  Example:
  Grab power.
  

  source: wordnet30
• take or grasp suddenly (verb.contact)

  Example:
  She grabbed the child's hand and ran out of the room.
  

  source: wordnet30
• capture the attention or imagination of (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: seize
  

  Example:
  This story will grab you.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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