Synonyms: grab, catch, snatch, snap
Definition: the act of catching an object with the hands
Usage: 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; the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion
Similar words: touch, touching
Definition: the act of putting two things together with no space between them
Usage: at his touch the room filled with lights
Synonyms: grab
Definition: a mechanical device for gripping an object
Similar words: mechanical device
Definition: mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles
Definition: capture the attention or imagination of
Usage: This story will grab you; The movie seized my imagination
Synonyms: grab
Definition: take or grasp suddenly
Usage: She grabbed the child's hand and ran out of the room
Similar words: prehend, seize, clutch
Definition: take hold of; grab
Usage: The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter; She clutched her purse; The mother seized her child by the arm; Birds of prey often seize small mammals
Synonyms: catch, take hold of, grab
Definition: take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
Usage: Catch the ball!; Grab the elevator door!
Similar words: prehend, seize, clutch
Definition: take hold of; grab
Usage: The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter; She clutched her purse; The mother seized her child by the arm; Birds of prey often seize small mammals
Synonyms: grab
Definition: make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand
Usage: The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask
Similar words: move
Definition: move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
Usage: He moved his hand slightly to the right
Synonyms: snaffle, snap up, grab
Definition: get hold of or seize quickly and easily
Usage: I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale
Similar words: take
Definition: take into one's possession
Usage: We are taking an orphan from Romania; I'll take three salmon steaks
Synonyms: grab
Definition: obtain illegally or unscrupulously
Usage: Grab power