Meaning of grab | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A sudden snatch at something.
   countable
2. A taxi ride booked through the Grab app.
   Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, informal
3. A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.
4. To make a grasping or snatching motion: We grabbed for the life raft.
5. An acquisition by violent or unjust means.
   countable
6. Relating or being an object or device that is grabbed or gripped for support or balance: installed a grab bar in the shower.
7. A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
   countable
8. Available for anyone to take or win: "The reputation of the ... king is still up for grabs" (William Zinsser).
9. A device for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.
   countable, uncountable
10. A usually two-masted, sharp-prowed coastal vessel of the Indian Ocean.
11. A sound bite.
    countable
12. up for grabs, available to whoever expends the necessary energy, money, or ingenuity first.
13. That which is seized.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
14. The act of catching, especially a sudden taking and holding:catch, clutch, seizure, snatch.
15. The rescue of a person from a burning structure.
    countable, slang, uncountable
16. 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...
17. A simple card game.
    uncountable
18. 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...
19. To take or grasp suddenly: grabbed the letter from me.
20. To capture or restrain; arrest.

Equivalents

Examples

“The ball popped in and popped out, and when he made a grab for it on the ground he kicked it with his foot.”

“He made a grab for me and I swung my handbag at him as hard as I could.”

“Almost all modern cranes are electrically operated and a quick-acting type of 30 cwt. capacity is suitable for general cargo, but not powerful enough to operate grabs for discharge of bulk cargoes.”

“For example, one radio bulletin may feature one central issue, like a state election, and will focus on that issue. The bulletin might contain only a few voice wraps but many grabs, leaving the focus firmly on the newsreader.”

“There have been many rescues made as a result of an aggressive search team who went in without a hoseline to make the grab.”

“I will take a Grab back home. ("I will book a taxi ride from Grab to return home.")”

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