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grab

/ɡrab/

US pronunciation
American sound/ɡrab/
grab
Syllables
1 syllable
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One strong syllable
Vowel
IPA vowel pattern
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Clear final sound

US voice -> grab

Myanmar meaning

(vt,vi) လုယူသည်။ (n) လုယူခြင်း။ (v) လုယူ

Full entry

grab / græb / v ( -bb- )

၁။ (က) ~ sth (from sb/sth) လုယူသည်။ သုတ်သည်။ ဖမ်းကိုင်သည်။ Don't grab __ there's plenty for everyone. ❍ He grabbed my collar and pulled me towards him. ❍ He just grabbed the bag from my hand and ran off. See also SMASH-AND-GRAB (ခ) ဖမ်းဆုပ်သည်။ When I gave him the chance, he grabbed it at once.
၂။ ~ at sb/ sth ဆွဲသည်။ လှမ်းဆွဲသည်။ He grabbed at the boy, but could not save him from falling. ❍ (fig ) grabbing at any excuse to avoid having to work. [ ဥ ] ရေသာခိုနိုင်အောင် ရမိ ရရာ အကြောင်းပြသည်။
၃။ (infml joc ) ဆွဲသည်။ ယူသည်။ Grab a seat and make yourself at home. ❍ Let's grab a quick sandwich before we go out.
၄။ (sl ) သဘောရသည်။ သဘောကျသည်။ I thought we might go to the disco __ how does that grab you?
n (usu sing ) လှမ်းဖမ်းခြင်း။ လှမ်းကုပ်ခြင်း။ လှမ်းဆွဲခြင်း။ He made a grab at the ball but missed.
❏ up for grabs [IDM ] (infml ) မည်သူမဆို ယူနိုင်သည်။ The job is up for grabs __ why don't you apply?

More examples
  • He grabbed the knife before I could get to it.
  • One of the men was grabbed and bundled into a car.
  • [grab hold of] : I grabbed hold of his hair.
  • [grab someone by something] : Ben grabbed Marco by the arm.
  • We got there early and grabbed seats at the front.
  • The brand now grabs 26 per cent of sales in the US.
  • [grab someone’s attention] : It’s often the bad characters in a story who grab our attention.
  • [grab an opportunity/chance] : I grabbed the chance to escape for a few minutes.
  • The idea didn’t really grab me.
  • I’ll grab a sandwich back at the hotel.
Synonyms
clutch, grip, grasp, take hold of, seize, take, snatch, affect, annexation, appeal, appropriation, arrest, assumption, attract, capture, catch, catch hold of, collar, corral, gaff, get one's fingers on, get one's hands on, glom, grapple, gripe, heist, hook, impress, influence, land, lay one's hands on, laying hold of, lift, lunge, mitt, nab, nail, nick, nip, peculation, please, pluck, preventive custody, protective custody, remove, ripoff, seizure, snag, snap up, steal, tackle, takeover, taking captive, takings, theft, usurpation, winnings
Antonyms
be immune, free, give, let go, liberate, lose, misunderstand, offer, receive, release
Cross references
clutchgripgrasptake hold ofseizetakesnatchaffectannexationappealappropriationarrestassumptionattractcapturecatchcatch hold ofcollarcorralgaffget one's fingers onget one's hands onglomgrapplegripeheisthookimpress
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