Meaning of grab | Babel Free
Definitions
- To make a grasping or snatching motion: We grabbed for the life raft.
- Relating or being an object or device that is grabbed or gripped for support or balance: installed a grab bar in the shower.
- Available for anyone to take or win: "The reputation of the ... king is still up for grabs" (William Zinsser).
- A usually two-masted, sharp-prowed coastal vessel of the Indian Ocean.
- up for grabs, available to whoever expends the necessary energy, money, or ingenuity first.
- The act of catching, especially a sudden taking and holding:catch, clutch, seizure, snatch.
- a sudden attempt to grasp or seize. He made a grab at the boy. poging om te gryp إخْتِطاف، إنتزاع сграбчване agarramento chňapnutí plötzlicher Griff gribe fat i αρπαγήasimiento, acto de agarrar haare گرفتن با زور و ناگهانی kouraisu mouvement vif (pour attraper) נִיסָיוֹן לִתפוֹס/לַחטוֹף हथियाना, झपट लेना posegnuti, zgrabiti (hirtelen) megragadás usaha menangkap þrífa í, hrifsa atto/tentativo d'afferrare ひっつかみ 잡아채기 griebimas, stvėrimas grābiens; tvēriens menyambar greep, graai nappetak chwyt ن...
- to try to grasp, seize or take, not necessarily successfully. He grabbed at the boy; He grabbed at the chance to leave. Poog om te gryp يَتصيَّد الفُرصَه، يُمسِكُ بِ посягам да сграбча agarrar chňapnout po greifen nach gribe efter αρπάζω, δράττομαι tratar de asir/agarrar, intentar agarrar/asir (millegi järele) haarama تلاش برای گرفتن چیزی yrittää tarttua jhnk essayer de saisir לַנסוֹת לִתפוֹס छीनने की कोशिश करना dohvatiti, posegnuti za odakap vmihez menangkap þrífa til fare l'atto d'afferrare...
- To take or grasp suddenly: grabbed the letter from me.
- To capture or restrain; arrest.
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.