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grab
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æb/
- Rhymes: -æb
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch grabben (“to grab”) or Middle Low German grabben (“to snap”), from Proto-Germanic *grab-, from Proto-Indo-European *g?reb?- (compare Sanskrit ???????? (g?h???ti), ???????? (g?bh???ti, “he seizes”), Avestan ????????????????????? (gar??, “to seize”)). Cognate with Danish grabbe (“to grab”), Swedish grabba (“to grab”), Old English ?egræppian (“to seize”), Middle English grappen (“to feel with the hands; grope”), Macedonian ?????? (grabne, “to snatch”), ??????? (grabvam, “to snatch”).
Verb
grab (third-person singular simple present grabs, present participle grabbing, simple past and past participle grabbed)
- (transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
- (intransitive) To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
- To restrain someone; to arrest.
- (transitive) To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest.
- How does that idea grab you?
- (informal) To quickly collect or retrieve.
- 1987 James Grady Just a Shot Away, Bantam, page 117:
- "I'll just grab my jacket," said Manh-Hung.
- 1999 Jillian Dagg, Racing Hearts, Thomas Bouregy & Co., page 105:
- Hardly believing that Rafe actually planned to relax for a while, Kate nodded. "All right. Fine. I'll just go grab my purse."
- 2009 Mike Taylor, A Thousand Sleeps, Tate Publishing, page 216:
- He looked at Albert and Ben, and then back to Nurse Allen. "I'll just grab my gear and be right back."
- 1987 James Grady Just a Shot Away, Bantam, page 117:
- (informal) To consume something quickly.
- To take the opportunity of.
Translations
Noun
grab (countable and uncountable, plural grabs)
- (countable) A sudden snatch at something.
- 1931 Harold M. Sherman, "The Baseball Clown," Boys' Life, volume 21, No. 4 (April 1931), Boy Scouts of America, page 47:
- The ball popped in and popped out, and when he made a grab for it on the ground he kicked it with his foot.
- 2003 J Davey, Six Years of Darkness, Trafford Publishing, page 66:
- He made a grab for me and I swung my handbag at him as hard as I could.
- 1931 Harold M. Sherman, "The Baseball Clown," Boys' Life, volume 21, No. 4 (April 1931), Boy Scouts of America, page 47:
- (countable) An acquisition by violent or unjust means.
- (countable) A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
- A device for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.
- (countable, media) A sound bite.
- (obsolete) That which is seized.
- (uncountable) A simple card game.
Synonyms
- catch
- clutch
- grasp
- seize
- snatch
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Arabic and Hindi ghurb?: crow, raven, a kind of Arab ship. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
grab (plural grabs)
- A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.
Alternative forms
- gurab
Anagrams
- ARGB, brag, garb
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *grabr?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?rap]
Noun
grab m
- hornbeam (tree of genus Carpinus)
Declension
Further reading
- grab in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
- grab in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?rap/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *grab(r)?, from Proto-Indo-European *gr?b?-
Noun
grab m inan
- hornbeam, any tree of genus Carpinus.
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) grabowy
- (nouns) grabina, grabniak
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
grab f
- genitive plural of graba
Verb
grab
- second-person singular imperative of grabi?
Further reading
- grab in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- grab in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *grab(r)?, from Proto-Indo-European *gr?b?-
Noun
grab m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- hornbeam
Declension
Thai
Romanization
grab
- Romanization of ????
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cawl
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Welsh cawl, itself borrowed from Latin caulis (“stalk or stem of a plant, particularly a cabbage”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaw(?)l, *kh?ulós, or *kowos (“tubular bone; pipe”). The English word is a doublet of caulis, cole, and kale.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ka?l/
- Homophone: cowl
- Rhymes: -a?l
Noun
cawl (countable and uncountable, plural cawls)
- A traditional Welsh soup, typically made with beef, lamb, or salted bacon with carrot, leeks, potatoes, swedes, and other seasonal vegetables.
Translations
Etymology 2
A variant of caul.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k??l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /k?l/
- Homophone: call
Noun
cawl (plural cawls)
- Alternative spelling of caul (“a membrane or veil, especially over a baby's head”)
Further reading
- cawl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- claw
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin caulis (“stick or stem of a plant, cabbage-stalk, cabbage”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kau?l/
Noun
cawl m (diminutive cawlen)
- soup, pottage, broth; gruel
- (figuratively) mixture, hodgepodge, mess
- cabbage, colewort, potherbs
Synonyms
- potes
Mutation
Descendants
- ? English: cawl
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “cawl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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