English Dictionary

grab

/ɡɹæb/

verb

(transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch. / (intransitive) To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something). / To restrain someone; to arrest.

He reached out and grabbed the book from the shelf.

意味（1）

(transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.

Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).

The suspect suddenly broke free and grabbed at the policeman's gun.

意味（3）

To restrain someone; to arrest.

意味（4）

(transitive) To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest.

How does that idea grab you?

意味（5）

(informal) To quickly collect or retrieve.

I'll just grab my jacket, said Manh-Hung.

意味（6）

(informal) To consume something quickly.

We'll just grab a sandwich and then we'll be on our way.

意味（7）

To take the opportunity of.

Both teams wasted good opportunities to score but it was the London side who did grab what proved to be the decisive third when the unmarked Vaz Te, a January signing from Barnsley, drilled the ball into the net from 12 yards.