Hypertext Webster Gateway: "grab"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grab \Grab\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Grabbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Grabbing}.] [Akin to Sw. grabba to grasp. Cf. {Grabble},
{Grapple}, {Grasp}.]
To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grab \Grab\, n.
1. A sudden grasp or seizure.
2. 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 hag}, at fairs, a bag or box holding small articles
which are to be drawn, without being seen, on payment of a
small sum. [Colloq.]
{Grab game}, a theft committed by grabbing or snatching a
purse or other piece of property. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grab \Grab\, n. [Ar. & Hind. ghur?b crow, raven, a kind of Arab
ship.] (Naut.)
A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three
masts.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
grab
adj : taken or to be taken at random; "grab samples" [syn: {grab(a)}]
n : the act of catching an object with the hands; "Mays made the
catch with his back to the plate" [syn: {catch}, {snatch},
{snap}]
v 1: take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion
of; "Catch the ball!" "Grab the elevator door!" [syn: {catch},
{take hold of}]
2: get hold of or seize quickly and easily; "I snapped up all
the good buys during the garage sale" [syn: {snap up}, {snaffle}]
3: make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand: "The
passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask"
4: obtain illegally or unscrupulously; "Grab power"
5: take or grasp suddenly; "She grabbed the child's hand and
ran out of the room"
6: capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will
grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination" [syn: {seize}]
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