grab
Betekenis
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- To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
- To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
- To restrain someone; to arrest.
- To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest.
- (informal) To quickly collect, retrieve, or take.
- (informal) To consume something quickly.
- To take the opportunity of.
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ɡɹæb/
Etymologie
From Middle Dutch grabben (“to grab”) or Middle Low German grabben (“to snap”), from Old Dutch or Old Saxon gravan, from Proto-West Germanic *graban, from Proto-Germanic *grab-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ-. See also Sanskrit गृह्णाति (gṛhṇā́ti), गृभ्णाति (gṛbhṇā́ti, “he seizes”), Avestan 𐬔𐬭𐬀𐬠 (grab, “to seize”)). Cognate with Danish grabbe (“to grab”), Swedish grabba (“to grab”), Old English ġegræppian (“to seize”), Middle English grappen (“to feel with the hands; grope”), Macedonian грабне (grabne, “to snatch”), Bulgarian грабя (grabja, “to rob, to grab”).
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