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Grab   /græb/   Listen
Grab

verb
(past & past part. grabbed; pres. part. grabbing)
1.
Take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of.  Synonyms: catch, take hold of.  "Grab the elevator door!"
2.
Get hold of or seize quickly and easily.  Synonyms: snaffle, snap up.
3.
Make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand.
4.
Obtain illegally or unscrupulously.
5.
Take or grasp suddenly.
6.
Capture the attention or imagination of.  Synonym: seize.  "The movie seized my imagination"
noun
1.
A mechanical device for gripping an object.
2.
The act of catching an object with the hands.  Synonyms: catch, snap, snatch.  "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"



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"Grab" Quotes from Famous Books



... useful work on shallow streams. The barge is 54 ft. long, 22 ft. beam, and 6 ft. deep. Her draught of water is under 4 ft. Built by Rose, Downs & Thompson Hull. Our drawing explains itself. It will be seen that we have here a swiveling crane and grab bucket, and that the stuff dredged can be loaded into the barge and conveyed where necessary. The lifting power of the crane is one ton, and in suitable material such a dredger can get through a great deal of work ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 • Various

... chief trouble,—nobody really cares to make the sacrifices. And that is why this row will be ended on the old terms: the rich will buy out the leaders. Better times will come, and we shall all settle down to the same old game of grab on the same old basis. But you," Sommers turned on the sauntering blue-eyed fellow, "people like you ...
— The Web of Life • Robert Herrick

... as bad as that," responded Ned. "Don't you bother. I'll get you elected before Class Day, Jerry. Grab your skates and come on down ...
— The New Boy at Hilltop • Ralph Henry Barbour

... movement that breeds trouble among men of the plains; but I held his arms so he couldn't move, the while I told him a lot of things about true politeness—things that I wasn't living up to worth mentioning. He yelled to the postmaster to grab me, and the fellow tried it. I backed into a corner and held old King in front of me as a bulwark, warranted bullet proof, and wondered what kind of a hornet's-nest I'd got into. The waiter and the ...
— The Range Dwellers • B. M. Bower

... the dessert, Billy," called several voices; and that worthy proceeded to put on the table some figs, cakes, oranges, and four black bottles of wine. There was a general grab for these dainties, and one boy shouted, "I say, I've ...
— Eric, or Little by Little • Frederic W. Farrar


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