1. Take hold of so as to seize, restrain or stop the motion of
   "Grab the elevator door!";
   - catch
    
2. Suddenly and forcibly take into one's grasp
   "This story will grab you";
   - seize
    
3. Get hold of or seize quickly and easily
   "I grabbed all the good buys during the garage sale";
   - snap up, snaffle
    
4. Take or grasp suddenly
   "She grabbed the child's hand and ran out of the room"
    
5. Make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand
   "The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask"
    
6. Obtain illegally or unscrupulously
   "Grab power"

1. The act of catching an object with the hands
   "he made a grab for the ball before it landed";
   - catch, snatch, snap
    
2. A mechanical device for gripping an object
   "The crane operator used the grab to lift the heavy containers"

Derived forms: grabbing, grabs, grabbed

See also: snatch

Type of: clutch, fascinate, interest, intrigue, mechanical device, move, obtain, prehend [archaic], seize, take, take hold, take hold of, touch, touching

Encyclopedia: Grab, Subcarpathian Voivodeship