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GRAB
grab, seize
(verb) capture the attention or imagination of; “This story will grab you”; “The movie seized my imagination”
grab
(verb) take or grasp suddenly; “She grabbed the child’s hand and ran out of the room”
catch, grab, take hold of
(verb) take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; “Catch the ball!”; “Grab the elevator door!”
grab
(verb) make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand; “The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask”
grab
(verb) obtain illegally or unscrupulously; “Grab power”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
grabbed
simple past tense and past participle of grab
Source: Wiktionary
GRAB
Grab, n. Etym: [Ar. & Hind. ghur crow, raven, a kind of Arab ship.] (Naut.)
Definition: A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.
Grab, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Grabbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Grabbing.] Etym: [Akin to Sw. grabba to grasp. Cf. Grabble, Grapple, Grasp.]
Definition: To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.
Grab, n.
1. A sudden grasp or seizure.
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. Grab hag, 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.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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