seize (v)
prehend (v)
clutch (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 35
def take hold of
def grab
examples The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter
She clutched her purse
The mother seized her child by the arm
Birds of prey often seize small mammals
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Frame - 11 Something ----s something
Outgoing links
Hypernym take, get hold of
Derivationally related form clutch → clutch
Derivationally related form prehend → prehension
Derivationally related form seize → seizing
Hyponym nab; rack; claw; collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop; get, catch, capture; collar; clasp; grip; grab; catch, grab, take hold of; snatch, snatch up, snap; clench, clinch; grapple, grip
Incoming links
Derivationally related form prehension → prehend
Derivationally related form seizing → seize
Derivationally related form clutch → clutch
Hypernym nab; rack; claw; collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop; get, catch, capture; collar; clasp; grip; grab; catch, grab, take hold of; snatch, snatch up, snap; clench, clinch; grapple, grip
Hyponym take, get hold of

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