English to English
noun
- a mechanical device for gripping an object
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.
source: Webster 1913
- A sudden grasp or seizure.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
Catch the ball!.
Grab the elevator door!.
source: WordNet 3.0
- get hold of or seize quickly and easily
I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale.
source: WordNet 3.0
- make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand
The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask.
source: WordNet 3.0
- obtain illegally or unscrupulously
Grab power.
source: WordNet 3.0
- take or grasp suddenly
She grabbed the child's hand and ran out of the room.
source: WordNet 3.0
- capture the attention or imagination of
This story will grab you.
The movie seized my imagination.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.
source: Webster 1913
