Definition of Grab

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Definition of Grab

Grab

A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.

To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.

A sudden grasp or seizure.

An instrument for clutching objects for the purpose of raising them; -- specially applied to devices for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.

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Grab Quotations

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.
Maya Angelou

I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.
Benjamin Franklin

I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.
Samuel Goldwyn

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.
Alan Watts

I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.
Mike Tyson

You have to grab moments when they happen. I like to improvise and ad lib.
Denzel Washington

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.
Zora Neale Hurston

Sometimes oppurtunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.
Julie Andrews

You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place.
Vladimir Putin

My dream concept is that I have a camera and I am trying to photograph what is essentially invisible. And every once in a while I get a glimpse of her and I grab that picture.
Leonard Nimoy

Grab Translations

grab in Afrikaans is gryp
grab in Danish is gribe
grab in Dutch is bemachtigen, aangrijpen, grijpen
grab in French is saisir
grab in German is aufbereiten
grab in Latin is carpo
grab in Norwegian is gripe, snappe
grab in Portuguese is garra

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