Grab

Verb

 * 1) to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
 * 2) to restrain someone; to arrest
 * 3) to grip the attention; to enthrall
 * 4)  to quickly collect or retrieve

Noun

 * 1) a sudden snatch (for something)
 * 2) a mechanical device that grabs

Adverbs for Grab
ruthlessly; despotically; fanatically; autocratically; selfishly; brutishly; vulgarly; nefariously; offensively.

Thesaurus
grasp, grip, heist, hit, hold, hold spellbound, hold the interest, hypnotize, immerse, impress, involve, involve the interest, job, jump at, kidnap, kidnapping, lay hands on, lay hold of, lift, make an impression, mesmerize, monopolize, nab, nabbing, nail, obsess, occupy, occupy the attention, pick up, picking up, pinch, power grab, prehension, preoccupy, put under arrest, rip-off, robbery, run in, running in, seize, seizure, seizure of power, shanghai, sink in, snag, snatch, snatch at, snatching, spellbind, steal, strike, take, take in, take into custody, take over, take possession, take prisoner, take up, taking in, taking into custody, theft, throttle, usurp, abduct, abduction, absorb, absorb the attention, annex, apprehend, apprehension, appropriate, arrest, arrest the thoughts, arrestation, arrogate, burglary, caper, capture, carry off, catch, catch the thoughts, catching, charm, clutch, collar, collaring, commandeer, coup, desire, dragnet, enchant, engage, engage the attention, engage the mind, engage the thoughts, engross, engross the mind, engross the thoughts, enthrall, exercise, expropriate, fascinate, fasten upon, filch, forcible seizure, get at, get hold of, glom on to, grab at, grabbing, grapple,

Etymology
From grabben:, from, from  (compare Sanskrit गृह्णाति:, गृभ्णाति:).

Derived terms

 * attention-grabbing
 * up for grabs

Synonyms

 * catch
 * clutch
 * grasp
 * seize
 * snatch

Verb

 * Albanian: rrëmbej
 * Arabic: قبض
 * Bengali:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 抓住
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * German:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 掴む
 * Persian: (gereftan)
 * Polish: wyrywać, porywać, chwytać, złapać
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: схватывать, хватать , схватить
 * Spanish:


 * Albanian:
 * Finnish: ,


 * Spanish: ,


 * Albanian:


 * Finnish:

Noun

 * Albanian: kapje
 * Finnish: tarttuminen


 * Hungarian: megragadás, megfogás


 * Albanian: kapëse
 * Finnish:


 * Hungarian: markológép


 * : agafar
 * : poseći, posegnuti
 * : kapti
 * : saisir


 * : afferrare
 * : agarrar
 * : agarrar

Anagrams

 * brag
 * garb

Etymology
From <

Noun

 * 1) hornbeam, any tree of genus Carpinus