Meaning of "grab" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GRAB

Probably from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch grabben; related to Swedish grabba, Sanskrit grbhnāti he seizes.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF GRAB

grab  [ɡræb]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRAB

Grab is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb grab in English.

WHAT DOES GRAB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Grab

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Definition of grab in the English dictionary

The first definition of grab in the dictionary is to seize hold of. Other definition of grab is to seize illegally or unscrupulously. Grab is also to arrest; catch.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GRAB

PRESENT

Present

I grab

you grab

he/she/it grabs

we grab

you grab

they grab

Present continuous

I am grabbing

you are grabbing

he/she/it is grabbing

we are grabbing

you are grabbing

they are grabbing

Present perfect

I have grabbed

you have grabbed

he/she/it has grabbed

we have grabbed

you have grabbed

they have grabbed

Present perfect continuous

I have been grabbing

you have been grabbing

he/she/it has been grabbing

we have been grabbing

you have been grabbing

they have been grabbing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I grabbed

you grabbed

he/she/it grabbed

we grabbed

you grabbed

they grabbed

Past continuous

I was grabbing

you were grabbing

he/she/it was grabbing

we were grabbing

you were grabbing

they were grabbing

Past perfect

I had grabbed

you had grabbed

he/she/it had grabbed

we had grabbed

you had grabbed

they had grabbed

Past perfect continuous

I had been grabbing

you had been grabbing

he/she/it had been grabbing

we had been grabbing

you had been grabbing

they had been grabbing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will grab

you will grab

he/she/it will grab

we will grab

you will grab

they will grab

Future continuous

I will be grabbing

you will be grabbing

he/she/it will be grabbing

we will be grabbing

you will be grabbing

they will be grabbing

Future perfect

I will have grabbed

you will have grabbed

he/she/it will have grabbed

we will have grabbed

you will have grabbed

they will have grabbed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been grabbing

you will have been grabbing

he/she/it will have been grabbing

we will have been grabbing

you will have been grabbing

they will have been grabbing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would grab

you would grab

he/she/it would grab

we would grab

you would grab

they would grab

Conditional continuous

I would be grabbing

you would be grabbing

he/she/it would be grabbing

we would be grabbing

you would be grabbing

they would be grabbing

Conditional perfect

I would have grab

you would have grab

he/she/it would have grab

we would have grab

you would have grab

they would have grab

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been grabbing

you would have been grabbing

he/she/it would have been grabbing

we would have been grabbing

you would have been grabbing

they would have been grabbing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you grab
we let´s grab
you grab

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to grab

Past participle

grabbed

Present Participle

grabbing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «GRAB»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «grab» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of grab

bag · capture · catch · clutch · grasp · grip · lunge · pluck · seize · snap up · snatch

TRANSLATION OF GRAB

Find out the translation of grab to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of grab from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «grab» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 抢夺
• Translator English - Spanish: agarrar
• English: grab
• Translator English - Hindi: पकड़ो
• Translator English - Arabic: يَقْبِضُ
• Translator English - Russian: хватать
• Translator English - Portuguese: agarrar
• Translator English - Bengali: graal
• Translator English - French: attraper
• Translator English - Malay: Graal
• Translator English - German: ergreifen
• Translator English - Japanese: ひっつかむ
• Translator English - Korean: 움켜잡다
• Translator English - Javanese: Graal
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tóm
• Translator English - Tamil: கிரால்லின்
• Translator English - Marathi: ग्रील
• Translator English - Turkish: graal
• Translator English - Italian: afferrare
• Translator English - Polish: porwać
• Translator English - Ukrainian: хапати
• Translator English - Romanian: a înșfăca
• Translator English - Greek: αρπάζω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: gryp
• Translator English - Swedish: ta tag i
• Translator English - Norwegian: gripe

10 QUOTES WITH «GRAB»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word grab.

1

Candice Accola

It's always weird when you see a movie, and there's no reason for someone to, like, jump on stage and be a singer, and then they just do that... But if it came organically, I would grab that mike and jump on stage for sure.

2

Isabel Allende

I confess that I am a messy, disorganized and impatient reader: if the book doesn't grab me in the first 40 pages, I abandon it. I have piles of half-read books waiting for me to get acute hepatitis or some other serious condition that would force me to rest so that I could read more.

3

Bernard Beckett

I just love the idea that people disappear into the story for a while. You grab a book, and you want to get back to it, and your life becomes a bit of an interruption. I would love readers to feel like that.

4

Benny Blanco

I always have a ping-pong table in the studio. If you're with an artist and you notice the situation is going south a little bit, it's like, 'You wanna play ping-pong or foosball?' Or, 'You wanna go grab somethin' to eat?' And then you just like talk to them and relax them and get them comfortable and get yourself comfortable.

5

Roy Blount, Jr.

When I weed, I like to get off into my own head. For one thing, my wife plants and I have trouble telling which plants are weeds and which are my favorite plants. So I tend to hop around and grab the weeds that I know are weeds. So I don't weed all that linearly. I tend to weed haphazardly.

6

Stephen J. Cannell

Once you put something like 'The A-Team' on the map, it does become part of the DNA of television. People grab little pieces of it. I certainly grabbed little pieces of other people's shows when I was creating my shows.

7

John Cassavetes

You can fail in films because you don't have the talent, or you have too much humility, or you lack ferociousness. I'm a gangster. If I want something, I'll grab it.

8

Fred Couples

I caddied for a guy who was a very good player, and he gave me a set of clubs, just a starter set: 5-iron, 7-iron, 9-iron, putter and driver. I just loved it. How I developed my swing was to just grab a club and start banging balls.

9

Tyler, The Creator

If the world was ending, I think I would grab some Cinnamon Toast Crunch, a bunch of water, and I'd probably just... I'd probably go crazy.

10

Thomas Dolby

The other thing I felt was that the philosophical concept behind the experiences also looked like it had been designed by technicians and not by entertainers. I felt I needed to grab hold of it and try and push the envelope as much as I possibly could right now.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRAB»

Discover the use of grab in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grab and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Creative Grab Bag: Inspiring Challenges for Artists, ...

"Ethan Bodnar asked each artist to take on a task outside the realm of their normal work"--P. [4] of cover.

Ethan Bodnar, 2009

Earth Grab: Geopiracy, the New Biomassters and Capturing ...

This three-part book 'pulls back the curtain on disturbing technological and corporate trends that are already reshaping our world and that will become crucial battlegrounds for civil society in the years ahead.

Diana Bronson, Hope Shand, Jim Thomas, 2011

SMASH AND GRAB:ANNEXATION OF SIKKIM:

This book made history.

SUNANDA K. DATTARAY, 2013

The Grab Bag Book: Your Ultimate Guide to Liferaft Survival

The purpose of this text is to ensure the survival of skipper and crew in the event of their boat sinking.

Frances Howorth, Michael Howorth, 2013

Grab Their Belts to Fight Them: The Viet Cong's Big-unit War ...

Drawing on memoirs, unit histories and battlefield studies, the author reconstructs the Viet Cong's early efforts to wage a big-unit war against the U.S. and South Vietnam, in a book that looks at how the Viet Cong's failure shaped how they ...

Warren Wilkins, 2011

Grab Bag: Two Books

The third title on Dennis Cooper's Little House on the Bowery series, Grab Bag is comprised of two interrelated novels, Dark Rides and Wish Book, from one of Canada's most important young writers.

Derek McCormack, 2004

Grab Another Partner!

The Teacher's Handbook includes reproducible song sheets and appropriate easy-to-teach staging suggestions. So GRAB ANOTHER PARTNER!...and let's sing!

Sally Albrecht, 2003

Grab Hands and Run

After his father disappears, twelve-year-old Felipe, his mother, and his younger sister set out on a difficult and dangerous journey, trying to make their way from their home in El Salvador to Canada.

Frances Temple, 1995

Grab the brass ring: the American carousel

The author traces the merry-go-round's history from its heyday at the turn of the century to the present day.150 full-color photographs. 150 full-color photographs.

Anne Dion Hinds, 1990

Brownie & Pearl Grab a Bite

With their simple stories, bold, graphic illustrations, and pitch-perfect moments of humor, the books in Cynthia Rylant’s acclaimed Brownie & Pearl series are a wonderful choice for babies, emerging readers, and everyone in between!

Cynthia Rylant, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRAB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term grab is used in the context of the following news items.

HMRC's latest power grab is reminiscent of a tyranny

HMRC's latest power grab is reminiscent of a tyranny. The taxman's power to raid your bank account or freeze your assets is the sort of thing ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

Hundreds grab land in Goreangab

THE Goreangab area on the outskirts of Windhoek was the scene of chaos yesterday when more than 300 people attempted to grab public ... «Namibian, Jul 15»

Last bastion of masculinity falls as women grab jobs in underground …

Among my earliest recollections was seeing father arrive home, always exhausted, and with coal dust etched deeply into every pore. Growing ... «BizNews, Jul 15»

Sustainability Offers Opportunities. Procurement Should Grab Them

Sustainability efforts worldwide received a jolt recently from major players in the coffee industry. Nespresso, the coffee-making unit of Nestle, reported on ... «Procurement Leaders, Jul 15»

Deal Alert: Grab a refurb LG G Watch for just $75 from Woot

Woot offers the LG G Watch Android Wear smartwatch in black for $69.99 with $5 shipping, which is well below its list price of $229. This model ... «9 to 5 Google, Jul 15»

Fraudster tried to illegally grab two council homes while privately …

A woman who tried to illegally grab herself a second council home, despite already privately renting a property, has been fined £800. «getwestlondon, Jul 15»

Coastal Plain League All-Stars have chance to grab attention of scouts

Florence RedWolves coach Blake Maxwell said he remembers the impact the Coastal Plain League All-Star Game can have on a player's ... «SCNow, Jul 15»

Last Day To Grab Event Pokemon Multiscale Dragonite For …

If you're interested in Event Pokemon, here's a tip. Today is the last day to pick up a legit event Dragonite with the hidden ability Multiscale and ... «iDigitalTimes.com, Jul 15»

Slew of 'smash-and-grab' burglaries reported around Taos

Each of the burglaries was a “smash-and-grab” in which a bandit broke the window of an unattended automobile and made off with valuables ... «taosnews, Jul 15»

Fowler overtakes Kuchar to grab Scottish Open

GULLANE, Scotland — Rickie Fowler had a season full of near misses last year. He's finding the winner's circle much easier to locate in 2015. «Amarillo.com, Jul 15»