grab
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a mechanical device for gripping an object
Types & categories
- mechanical device hypernym
Sense 2 verb
take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
Catch the ball!
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the act of catching an object with the hands
Mays made the catch with his back to the plate
Types & categories
- touching hypernym
- fair catch hyponym
- interception hyponym
- reception hyponym
- rebound hyponym
- shoestring catch hyponym
- interlock hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
get hold of or seize quickly and easily
I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- snap derivation
Sense 5 verb
make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand
The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
- snap derivation
Sense 6 verb
obtain illegally or unscrupulously
Grab power
Types & categories
- obtain hypernym
Sense 7 verb
take or grasp suddenly
She grabbed the child's hand and ran out of the room
Types & categories
- clutch hypernym
Related & opposite
- snap derivation
Sense 8 verb
capture the attention or imagination of
This story will grab you
Types & categories
- intrigue hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | mechanical device |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | catch up |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | snap |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | catcher |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | backstop |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | catch |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | clutch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | harpoon |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fish |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hook |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | nett |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | intercept |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | snatch |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | grab |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | grab |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | snatch |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | grab |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | snaffle |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | touching |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fair catch |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | interception |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | reception |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rebound |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | shoestring catch |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | interlock |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | snap |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | take |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | hog |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | snap |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | obtain |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | snap |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | clutch |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | intrigue |