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Synset

take hold of; grab
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 29 freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 13

clutch more info
prehend more info
seize more info

sample sentences

"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"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
clutch
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
seizing
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
prehension
semantic pointers
hypernym
take, get hold of
hyponym
nab rack claw arrest, pick up, nail, collar, apprehend, nab, cop catch, get, capture collar clasp grip grab grab, catch, take hold of snatch, snatch up, snap clench, clinch grip, grapple