grab

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• Australian, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæb/
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• Australian, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈɡɹwæb]
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• British, Northern-England, Southern, Standard: /ˈɡɹab/
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• Scotland, Wales: /ˈɡɾab/
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• Northern-Ireland: /ˈɡɻab/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈɡɹɛb/
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• /ɡɹæb/
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• CMU ARPABET: G R AE1 B Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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”). Related to archaic German grappen (“to grab”), Danish grabbe (“to grab”), Swedish grabba (“to grab”), Old Norse grápa (“to seize, appropriate”), Middle English grappen (“to feel, grope, grasp, clutch”), Old English ġegræppian (“to seize”). Related also to Sanskrit गृह्णाति (gṛhṇā́ti), गृभ्णाति (gṛbhṇā́ti, “he seizes”), Avestan 𐬔𐬭𐬀𐬠 (grab, “to seize”)), Macedonian грабне (grabne, “to snatch”), Bulgarian грабя (grabja, “to rob, to grab”).

From Arabic غُرَاب (ḡurāb) and Hindi ghurb?: crow, raven, a kind of Arab ship.

From Grab, a Singaporean company which provides taxi rides and food deliveries, and provides a system of electronic payments; the company name is from the word grab.

187 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kapje — the act of grabbing something or someone
• Arabic: مَسْك (mask) — the act of grabbing something or someone
• Arabic: قَبْض (qabḍ) — the act of grabbing something or someone
• Azerbaijani: zəbt — the act of grabbing something or someone
• Bulgarian: хващане (hvaštane) — the act of grabbing something or someone
• Bulgarian: сграбчване (sgrabčvane) — the act of grabbing something or someone
• Catalan: agafament — the act of grabbing something or someone
• Finnish: tarttuminen — the act of grabbing something or someone
• Hungarian: megragadás — the act of grabbing something or someone
• Hungarian: megfogás — the act of grabbing something or someone
• Italian: presa — the act of grabbing something or someone
• Italian: appiglio — the act of grabbing something or someone
• Italian: accaparramento — the act of grabbing something or someone
• Portuguese: agarramento — the act of grabbing something or someone
• Russian: захва́т (zaxvát) — the act of grabbing something or someone
• Ukrainian: захва́т (zaxvát) — the act of grabbing something or someone
• Ukrainian: захо́плення (zaxóplennja) — the act of grabbing something or someone
• Albanian: kapëse — a mechanical device that grabs
• Bulgarian: екскаватор (ekskavator) — a mechanical device that grabs
• Catalan: agafador — a mechanical device that grabs
• Finnish: koura — a mechanical device that grabs
• German: Greifer — a mechanical device that grabs
• Hungarian: markológép — a mechanical device that grabs
• Italian: benna — a mechanical device that grabs
• Italian: ruspa — a mechanical device that grabs
• Italian: calamita — a mechanical device that grabs
• Polish: chwytak — a mechanical device that grabs
• Portuguese: agarrador — a mechanical device that grabs
• Russian: захва́т (zaxvát) — a mechanical device that grabs
• Albanian: za — to seize
• Albanian: ze — to seize
• Arabic: مَسَكَ (masaka) — to seize
• Arabic: مسك (misik) — to seize
• Azerbaijani: qapmaq — to seize
• Basque: heldu — to seize
• Bulgarian: хващам (hvaštam) — to seize
• Bulgarian: улавям (ulavjam) — to seize
• Catalan: agafar — to seize
• Ndzwani Comorian: husika — to seize
• Danish: gribe — to seize
• Esperanto: preni — to seize
• Finnish: napata — to seize
• Finnish: siepata — to seize
• Finnish: tarttua — to seize
• French: saisir — to seize
• German: greifen — to seize
• Gothic: 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌽 (greipan) — to seize
• Ancient Greek: ἁρπάζω (harpázō) — to seize
• Paraguayan Guarani: pyhy — to seize
• Hebrew: תָּפַס (tafás) — to seize
• Hungarian: megragad — to seize
• Hungarian: elragad — to seize
• Italian: afferrare — to seize
• Italian: cogliere — to seize
• Italian: agguantare — to seize
• Khmer: ប្រវា (prɑvaa) — to seize
• Khmer: ខ្ទប (ktɔɔp) — to seize
• Latin: rapiō — to seize
• Latvian: sagrābt — to seize
• Māori: hiko — to seize
• Māori: kapokapo — to seize
• Māori: kōwhakiwhaki — to seize
• Māori: nanao — to seize
• Māori: mamau — to seize
• Māori: apo — to seize
• Māori: aurara — to seize
• Māori: nao — to seize
• Māori: rarau — to seize
• Eastern Mari: авалташ (avaltaš) — to seize
• Mirandese: agarrar — to seize
• Norwegian Bokmål: gripe — to seize
• Norwegian Bokmål: ta — to seize
• Norwegian Bokmål: ta tak i — to seize
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gripa — to seize
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ta — to seize
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ta tak i — to seize
• Occitan: agafar — to seize
• Old English: grīpan — to seize
• Portuguese: agarrar — to seize
• Quechua: chariy — to seize
• Russian: хвата́ть (xvatátʹ) — to seize
• Russian: схва́тывать (sxvátyvatʹ) — to seize
• Russian: схвати́ть (sxvatítʹ) — to seize
• Serbo-Croatian: oteti — to seize
• Spanish: asir — to seize
• Swedish: ta — to seize
• Swedish: gripa — to seize
• Swedish: grabba — to seize
• Tagalog: kunin — to seize
• Thai: คว้า (kwáa) — to seize
• Turkish: kapmak — to seize
• Ottoman Turkish: آوجلامق (avuclamak) — to seize
• Ukrainian: схо́плювати (sxópljuvaty) — to seize
• Ukrainian: схопи́ти (sxopýty) — to seize
• Vietnamese: chộp lấy — to seize
• Albanian: rrëmbej — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Albanian: za (gheg) — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Arabic: قَبَضَ (qabaḍa) — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Aromanian: apuc — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Aromanian: prindu — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Bengali: ধরা (dhora) — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Bulgarian: сграбчвам (sgrabčvam) — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Chinese Mandarin: 抓住 (zhuāzhù) — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Czech: chytit — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Czech: uchopit — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Dutch: grijpen — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Esperanto: ekkapti — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Finnish: tarttua — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Finnish: tarrata — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• French: attraper — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• French: empoigner — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• North Frisian: gripe — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Gallurese: affarrà — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• German: greifen — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Ingrian: hakkiissa — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Italian: afferrare — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Italian: arraffare — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Italian: agguantare — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Japanese: 掴む (tsukamu) — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Kabuverdianu: rabata — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Kabuverdianu: rebatá — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Northern Kurdish: girtin — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Latin: sumo — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Latin: capio — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Latin: prehendo — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Māori: mamau — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Mirandese: agarrar — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Persian: گرفتن (gereftan) — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Polish: wyrywać — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Polish: porywać — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Polish: chwytać — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Polish: złapać — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Portuguese: pegar — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Portuguese: agarrar — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Quechua: hap'iy — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Quechua: chariy — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Romanian: apuca — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Russian: схва́тывать (sxvátyvatʹ) — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Russian: хвата́ть (xvatátʹ) — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Russian: схвати́ть (sxvatítʹ) — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Campidanese Sardinian: afferrài — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Sardinian: aggaffare — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Sassarese: agguantà — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Shan: ၺွပ်း (nyáup) — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Shan: ယွပ်း (yáup) — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Spanish: agarrar — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Spanish: apercollar — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Spanish: apergollar — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Swedish: gripa — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Swedish: ta tag i — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Tagalog: kunin — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Turkish: yakalamak — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Turkish: kabzetmek — to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
• Albanian: kap — to restrain someone; to arrest
• Albanian: nza (gheg) — to restrain someone; to arrest
• Bulgarian: арестувам (arestuvam) — to restrain someone; to arrest
• Bulgarian: задържам (zadǎržam) — to restrain someone; to arrest
• Finnish: pidättää — to restrain someone; to arrest
• Finnish: vangita — to restrain someone; to arrest
• Italian: arrestare — to restrain someone; to arrest
• Italian: trattenere — to restrain someone; to arrest
• Italian: catturare — to restrain someone; to arrest
• Italian: acchiappare — to restrain someone; to arrest
• Italian: acciuffare — to restrain someone; to arrest
• Polish: powstrzymać — to restrain someone; to arrest
• Portuguese: prender — to restrain someone; to arrest
• Portuguese: deter — to restrain someone; to arrest
• Russian: хвата́ть (xvatátʹ) — to restrain someone; to arrest
• Russian: схвати́ть (sxvatítʹ) — to restrain someone; to arrest
• Russian: арестова́ть (arestovátʹ) — to restrain someone; to arrest
• Spanish: detener — to restrain someone; to arrest
• Spanish: arrestar — to restrain someone; to arrest
• Swedish: gripa — to restrain someone; to arrest
• Swedish: arrestera — to restrain someone; to arrest
• Tagalog: arestuhin — to restrain someone; to arrest
• Turkish: yakalamak — to restrain someone; to arrest
• Turkish: ele geçirmek — to restrain someone; to arrest
• Turkish: tevkif etmek — to restrain someone; to arrest
• Albanian: kap — to grip the attention; to enthrall
• Bulgarian: завладявам (zavladjavam) — to grip the attention; to enthrall
• Finnish: vangita — to grip the attention; to enthrall
• Italian: attirare — to grip the attention; to enthrall
• Italian: catturare — to grip the attention; to enthrall
• Italian: interessare — to grip the attention; to enthrall
• Italian: avvincere — to grip the attention; to enthrall
• Russian: захва́тывать — to grip the attention; to enthrall
• Spanish: captar — to grip the attention; to enthrall