Word

prehend, v.
(prehended, prehending, prehends)

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

clutch prehend seize

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