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===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ɡɹæb/}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-grab.ogg|
* {{rhymes|en|æb|s=1}}
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From {{bor|en|dum|grabben||to grab}} or {{bor|en|gml|-}} {{m|nds|grabben||to snap}}, from {{der|en|odt|-}} or {{der|en|osx|gravan}}, from {{der|en|gmw-pro|*graban}}, from {{der|en|gem-pro|*grabaną|*grab-}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰrebʰ-}}.
See also {{cog|sa|गृह्णाति|tr=gṛhṇā́ti}}, {{m|sa|गृभ्णाति|tr=gṛbhṇā́ti||he seizes}}, {{cog|ae|
====Verb====
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# {{lb|en|transitive}} To grip suddenly; to [[seize]]; to [[clutch]].
|passage=Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to '''grab''' hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern.}}▼
#: {{ux|en|I '''grabbed''' her hand to pull her back from the cliff edge.}}
▲#* {{RQ:Lincoln Pratt's Patients|chapter=7|passage=Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to '''grab''' hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To make a [[sudden]] [[grasp]]ing or [[clutch]]ing motion (at something).
#: {{ux|en|The suspect suddenly broke free and '''grabbed''' at the policeman's gun.}}
# To [[restrain]] someone; to [[arrest]].
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[grip]] the [[attention]] of; to [[enthrall]] or [[interest]].
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#* {{quote-song|en|year=1992|artist=R.E.M.|album=Automatic for the People|title=The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite|text=Baby, instant soup doesn't really '''grab''' me<br>Today I need something more substantial}}
# {{lb|en|informal}} To [[quickly]] [[collect]], [[retrieve]], or take.
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* Basque: {{t|eu|heldu}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|хващам|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|bg|улавям|sc=Cyrl}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|agafar}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|preni}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|napata}}, {{t+|fi|siepata}}, {{t+|fi|tarttua}}
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|хвата́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|схва́тывать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|схвати́ть|pf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|asir}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|ta|alt=ta (tag)}}, {{t+|sv|gripa|alt=gripa (tag)}}, {{t+|sv|grabba}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|kunin}}
* Thai: {{t
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kapmak}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|схо́плювати|impf}}, {{t|uk|схопи́ти|pf}}
* Vietnamese: {{t
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====Derived terms====
{{der4|en|title=Terms derived from ''grab'' (all parts of speech)
|attention-grabbing|money-grabbing|cash grab|double grab|grab ass|grab at|grab at a straw|grab at straws|grab the popcorn|grab box|grab game|grab hoe|grab off|grab one's ankles|grab some air|grab some pine|grab some Z's|grab some z's|grab some Zs|grab the headlines|grab-ass|grab-bag|land grab|power grab|snatch and grab|take a grab|wreck grab|grab bucket|grab hold|grab sample|grab the bull by the horns
|{{l|en|grab and go}}, {{l|en|grab-and-go}}
|{{l|en|grab rail}}, {{l|en|grabrail}}
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|grab by the short hairs
|grab handle
|grab iron|grab hag
|ungrab
|up for grabs
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===Etymology 2===
From {{der|en|ar|غُرَاب}} and {{der|en|hi|-}} ''ghurb?'': crow, raven, a kind of Arab ship. {{etystub|en}}
{{root|en|ar|غ ر ب}}
{{wikipedia|grab (ship)}}
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=====Alternative forms=====
* {{alt|en|ghorab|ghrab|ghurab|gurab}}
===Further reading===
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===Noun===
{{dsb-noun|m-in}}
# [[hornbeam]] {{gloss|tree of genus
====Declension====
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===Pronunciation===
{{pl-
===Etymology 1===
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{{pl-noun|m-in|adj=grabowy}}
# [[hornbeam]] {{gl|any tree of the genus
=====Declension=====
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