grab

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From Middle Low German grabben (“‘to snap’”), from Proto-Germanic *grab, from Proto-Indo-European *gherebh (cf. Sanskrit गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti), “‘he seizes’”), गृभ्णाति (gṛbhṇāti)).

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Infinitive
to grab

Third person singular
grabs

Simple past
grabbed

Past participle
grabbed

Present participle
grabbing

to grab (third-person singular simple present grabs, present participle grabbing, simple past and past participle grabbed)

  1. to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
  2. to restrain someone; to arrest
  3. to grip the attention; to enthrall

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to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something)
to restrain someone; to arrest
to grip the attention; to enthrall

[edit] Noun

Singular
grab

Plural
grabs

grab (plural grabs)

  1. a mechanical device that grabs

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the act of grabbing something or someone
a mechanical device that grabs
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[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *grab(r)ъ < Proto-Indo-European *grābʰ-

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grab m.

  1. hornbeam, any tree of genus Carpinus

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Singular Plural
Nominative grab graby
Genitive grabu grabów
Dative grabowi grabom
Accusative grab graby
Instrumental grabem grabami
Locative grabie grabach
Vocative grabie graby
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