When you grab something, you clutch at it. When a party goer breaks open a piñata, the other guests usually grab wildly at the candy that cascades out of it.
A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.
Noun
the act of catching an object with the hands; "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
Noun
a mechanical device for gripping an object
Verb
capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"
Verb
take or grasp suddenly; "She grabbed the child''s hand and ran out of the room"
Verb
take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!"
Verb
make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand; "The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask"
Verb
get hold of or seize quickly and easily; "I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale"
Verb
obtain illegally or unscrupulously; "Grab power"
n.
A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three
masts.
v. t. & i.
To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.
n.
A sudden grasp or seizure.
n.
An instrument for clutching objects for the purpose of
raising them; -- specially applied to devices for withdrawing drills,
etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.
Grab
Grab
Grab
A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.
To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.
A sudden grasp or seizure.
Usage Examples
Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.
Animals have a much better attitude to life and death than we do. They know when their time has come. We are the ones that suffer when they pass, but it's a healing kind of grief that enables us to deal with other griefs that are not so easy to grab hold of.
I don't go long without eating. I never starve myself: I grab a healthy snack.
I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.
It's like one of those dreams you have when someone is chasing you. You're running as fast as you can, and someone's trotting behind you, just out of range, trying to grab onto you.
To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.
When I'm home, the heart and soul of our family is in the kitchen. Growing up, my parents both worked, so dinnertime was for family - the TV was off. I think it's important to grab that time and really make it special, even after a tough day.
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Other Usage ExamplesI am very lucky that I get to tell stories for a living. I love being able to grab people's attention, to keep them turning the pages, to make them stay awake all night. I want to stir the pulse, yes, but also to stir the heart. I hope 'The Woods' does that.
I think films have to reach people and really grab them. That's what I hope to do when I make a film - to get under your skin and really make you think about something, and have a transporting time that takes you somewhere.
There is a part of me that still wants to go out and grab a backpack and unplug - not take a cellphone or even a camera and just get out there and experience the world and travel. I have yet to do that, but someday I hope.
When you have lost people like I lost my birth mom at a young age and you remember the whole process of losing her, you want to grab on to something that makes you whole.
I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.
The waltz can be sad and at the same time uplifting. You have to see life from both sides, and the waltz encapsulates that. If you're in my audience you give yourself to me and the waltz will grab you.
I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.
Some people are drawn naturally - there are natural guitarists, and there are natural piano players, and I think guitar implies travel, a sort of footloose gypsy existence. You grab your bag and you go to the next town.
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