English > prehend: 1 sense > verb 1, contact| Meaning | take hold of; grab. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | seize, clutch |
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| Narrower | catch, grab, take hold of | take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of |
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| clasp | grasp firmly |
| claw | Clutch as if in panic |
| clench, clinch | hold in a tight grasp |
| collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop | Take into custody |
| collar | seize by the neck or collar / collar / collar |
| get, catch, capture | succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase |
| grab | Take or grasp suddenly |
| grapple, grip | To grip or seize, as in a wrestling match |
| grip | hold fast or firmly |
| nab | seize suddenly |
| rack | seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block |
| snatch, snatch up, snap | To grasp hastily or eagerly |
| Broader | take, get hold of | Get into one's hands, take physically |
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| Spanish | aferrar, agarrar, apoderar, apresar, asir, capturar, coger, confiscar, embargar, incautar, prender, sobrecoger |
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| Catalan | agafar, agarrar, apoderar-se, apoderar, capturar, colpir, confiscar, embargar, incautar |
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| Nouns | prehension | the act of gripping / gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) |
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