GRAB
\ɡɹˈab], \ɡɹˈab], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈa_b]\
Definitions of GRAB
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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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make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand; "The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask"
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a mechanical device for gripping an object
By Princeton University
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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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make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand; "The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask"
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taken or to be taken at random; "grab samples"
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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".
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.
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To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.
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A sudden grasp or seizure.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.
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To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.
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A sudden grasp or seizure.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald