grab

verb · nounA1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

grabs

V_ing/Gerund

grabbing

V_ed/pp

grabbed

1.
(transitive)To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
I grabbed her hand to pull her back from the cliff edge.
2.
(intransitive)To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
The suspect suddenly broke free and grabbed at the policeman's gun.
Stop grabbing or I won't give you any cookies.
3.
To restrain someone; to arrest.
4.
(transitive)To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest.
How does that idea grab you?
5.
(informal)To quickly collect, retrieve, or take.
Come in and grab a seat [i.e. sit down].
6.
(informal)To consume something quickly.
We'll just grab a sandwich and then we'll be on our way.
Is there time to grab a coffee?
7.
To take the opportunity of.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

grabsghorabghrabghurabgurab

1.
(countable)A sudden snatch at something.
2.
(countable)An acquisition by violent or unjust means.
3.
(countable)A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
4.
(countable)(countable, media) A sound bite.
5.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)That which is seized.
6.
(countable, slang, uncountable)(firefighting, slang) The rescue of a person from a burning structure.
7.
(uncountable)A simple card game.
8.
A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.

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Đồng nghĩa

catch clutch grasp seize snatch

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle Dutch grabben or grabben (to grasp, grab, seize, snatch), from gravan, from *grabbōn, a secondary form of Proto-Germanic *grabōną (to gather, rake), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (to gather, rake, grab, seize).