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Synonyms for grab
græbgrab
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grabnoun
a mechanical device for gripping an object
catch, grab, snatch, snapverb
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"
Synonyms:
snapshot, apprehension, crack, cunt, piece of cake, bit, arrest, twat, elasticity, duck soup, picnic, match, slit, pussy, ginger snap, ginger nut, taking into custody, centering, snatch, kidnapping, cinch, stop, collar, gingersnap, pushover, walkover, pinch, snap, snap bean, puss, child's play, press stud, catch, breeze, gimmick, snap fastener, cracking, haul, shotcatch, grab, take hold ofverb
take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
"Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!"
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seize, beguile, watch, captivate, view, enamour, overhear, entrance, capture, snap up, trip up, hitch, take hold of, catch up with, charm, catch, arrest, bewitch, take in, becharm, get, trance, enchant, pick up, snaffle, enamor, overtake, fascinate, seesnap up, snaffle, grabverb
get hold of or seize quickly and easily
"I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale"
Synonyms:
snap up, catch, snaffle, take hold of, seizegrabverb
make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand
"The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask"
Synonyms:
snap up, snaffle, catch, take hold of, seizegrabverb
obtain illegally or unscrupulously
"Grab power"
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snap up, snaffle, catch, take hold of, seizegrabverb
take or grasp suddenly
"She grabbed the child's hand and ran out of the room"
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snap up, snaffle, catch, take hold of, seizegrab, seizeverb
capture the attention or imagination of
"This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"
Synonyms:
clutch, get hold of, arrogate, sequester, capture, snap up, attach, prehend, take hold of, impound, assume, catch, conquer, snaffle, usurp, confiscate, take over, seize, appropriate
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
grabverb
Synonyms:
[Low.] snatch, clutch, seize violently, gripe suddenly
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#64 | see | |
#77 | get | |
#79 | view | |
#246 | take | |
#871 | watch | |
#982 | bit | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1152 | appropriate | |
#1381 | pussy | |
#1536 | match | |
#1967 | shot | |
#2728 | eat | |
#3354 | assume | |
#3635 | catch | |
#4006 | capture | |
#4224 | crack | |
#5207 | entrance | |
#5938 | charm | |
#6448 | attach | |
#7321 | snap | |
#7523 | arrest | |
#7552 | grab | |
#7597 | collar | |
#7715 | trance | |
#7824 | snapshot | |
#9201 | cunt | |
#9556 | picnic | |
#10749 | breeze | |
#11162 | clutch | |
#13142 | grasp | |
#14302 | haul | |
#14594 | hitch | |
#15269 | cracking | |
#16211 | conquer | |
#16326 | snatch | |
#17127 | pinch | |
#18031 | seize | |
#18911 | grabs | |
#21399 | slit | |
#22316 | elasticity | |
#23416 | twat | |
#23488 | kidnapping | |
#30578 | apprehension | |
#31077 | centering | |
#37883 | puss | |
#39579 | overtake | |
#42649 | gimmick | |
#43203 | cinch | |
#53037 | enchant | |
#53095 | captivate | |
#67809 | confiscate | |
#73203 | impound | |
#73258 | usurp | |
#79233 | fascinate | |
#100853 | overhear | |
#114967 | snaffle | |
#115009 | sequester | |
#116484 | pushover | |
#134635 | walkover | |
#145095 | beguile | |
#239588 | bewitch | |
#248023 | arrogate | |
#250158 | gingersnap |
How to use grab in a sentence?
Grab onto your loved ones, pray for this town, stop and give your prayers for the victims.
Whenever an opportunity knocks the door, a far sighted and an insightful man always try to follow a correct path with patience and with full consciousness to grab it, that enables and enhances the chance for him to win. On the other hand, ignorant and silly individuals see opportunities as a source for someone else benefits, thus instead of following a path to seek opportunities for themselves, they divert from the course of path and thus fall.
Our colleague is not trying to conclude an unending discussion that he cannot stop, he’s trying to short-circuit a debate that he cannot win, this is just the kind of short-sighted power grab this body was actually built to stop.
It's absolutely outrageous. Obviously it cannot continue, but the fact is that there is an attitude of lawlessness in our country that springs from I don't know where… and we cannot have that lawlessness become the norm. WARRANT ISSUED FOR CALIFORNIA NORDSTROM SMASH-AND-GRAB SUSPECT PREVIOUSLY RELEASED ON BAIL.
What we did was find the bush and get as far away as we could so they couldnt grab us, they were grabbing us mercilessly, like we were animals.
Translations for grab
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- قبض, إختطافArabic
- ধরাBengali
- uchopit, chytit, urvatCzech
- tag fatDanish
- greifen, GreiferGerman
- αρπάGreek
- ekkaptiEsperanto
- agarrar, arrestar, detenerSpanish
- گرفتنPersian
- koura, tarttua, tarttuminen, napata, tarrata, pidättää, vangitaFinnish
- attraper, saisir, empoignerFrench
- लपकनाHindi
- megfogás, megragadás, Megragad, markológépHungarian
- mengambilIndonesian
- arrestare, afferrareItalian
- לִתְפּוֹסHebrew
- 掴む, つかむJapanese
- 그랩Korean
- capio, iaculis, sumo, prehendoLatin
- mamauMāori
- grijpenDutch
- gripeNorwegian
- wyrywać, chwytać, chwycić, złapać, porywaćPolish
- agarrar, pegarPortuguese
- hap'iyQuechua
- apucaRomanian
- захватывать (внимание), хватать, грейфер, схватывать, захва́т, схватить, арестоватьRussian
- kap, rrëmbej, kapëse, kapjeAlbanian
- hugg, gripa, arrestera, ta tag iSwedish
- கிராப்Tamil
- లాగుTelugu
- คว้าThai
- ele geçirmek, yakalamak, kapmakTurkish
- грейферUkrainian
- پکڑوUrdu
- vồ lấyVietnamese
- כאַפּןYiddish
- 抓Chinese
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