grab
A sudden snatch at somethingA sudden snatch at something.
» Would you like to grab something to eat?
Хочеш щось перекусити?
Meaning
9 senses(countable)A sudden snatch at something.
(countable)An acquisition by violent or unjust means.
(countable)A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
Greifer
захва́тzaxvát
a mechanical device for gripping an object
A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
(countable, uncountable)A device for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.
(countable)A sound bite.
(countable, slang, uncountable)The rescue of a person from a burning structure.
захва́тzaxvát
захва́тzaxvát, захо́пленняzaxóplennja
(uncountable)A simple card game.
A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)That which is seized.
Examples
1121 sentencesWould you like to grab something to eat?
Хочеш щось перекусити?
Would you like to go grab a bite to eat?
Ви не хотіли би чогось перекусити?
Tom grabbed Mary by the arm.
Том схопив Мері за руку.
ruТом схватил Мэри за руку.
Tom grabbed the money and ran.
Том схопив гроші й побіг.
Tom reached for the apple on the table, but Mary grabbed it first.
Том потягнувся за яблуком на столі, але Мері схопила його перша.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle Dutch grabben or Middle Low German grabben (“to grasp, grab, seize, snatch”),From Middle Dutch grabben or Middle Low German grabben (“to grasp, grab, seize, snatch”), from Old Saxon gravan, from Proto-West Germanic *grabbōn, a secondary form of Proto-Germanic *grabōną (“to gather, rake”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to gather, rake, grab, seize”).
From Arabic غُرَاب (ḡurāb) and Hindi ghurb?: crow, raven, a kind of Arab ship.
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Forms
plural: grabsSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
36 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- grab a bite
- go grab a
- let's go grab
- grabbed the rope
- go grab
- grab your bag
- let's grab a
- grab something to
- let's grab
- want to grab
- to grab a
- grab some