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(v)
(transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
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(transitive) To grasp and remove quickly.
(transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
(n)
Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
(transitive) To lift; to grasp and raise.
(law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
(intransitive) To cease moving.
(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
(countable) The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.
(transitive) To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle.
(transitive) To receive.
To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
(transitive) To charm, delight or captivate.
(ambitransitive) To hear something that was not meant for one's ears.
(informal) A problem, delay or source of difficulty.
The act of seeing or looking at something.
(figuratively) To attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate, to enchain.
(intransitive) To commit an error, make a mistake.
To evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone.
To attract and delight, to charm.
(transitive, archaic) To charm; fascinate; hold by a charm or spell.
(transitive) To fascinate or charm.
(often in the plural) The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration.
To pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic).
(transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
(mostly in the passive, followed by "of" or "with") To cause to be in love.
A portable or wearable timepiece.
Clothes that encircle the neck.
(sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet (commonly called a "bout"), a baseball game, or a cricket match.
(British spelling, Australian spelling, Canadian spelling, New Zealand spelling) Standard spelling of enamor.
make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point
take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
(transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
(transitive) To grasp or grip.
To understand.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
(medicine, pathology) A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).
(informal, transitive) To grab or snatch something.
(transitive) To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
An act by which something is apprehended.
A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces.
The amount that a hand will grasp or contain.
(intransitive) To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.
(transitive) To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
To force (open) with a lever; to pry.
The act by which something is closed.
(photography) The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture.
(countable) A bad deal; an unfair or exorbitant price or rate.
(physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
The action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.
A short jump.
(heading, physical) To strike.
(intransitive) To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.
(transitive, slang) To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage.
(transitive, ergative) To make full
(transitive, ditransitive) To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
(informal) A person or thing worth keeping.
(transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
(transitive) To catch in a trap or snare.
(transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish.
An instance of ensnaring something or someone.
(figurative) A potential, unsuspected, hidden problem, hazard, or danger that is easily encountered but not immediately obvious.
An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
(adj)
(usually followed by of) Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid.
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
Used for closing securely.
A fee one pays to reserve the other's time for services.
A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
(uncountable) Skill in the handling or manipulation of a situation.
A fraudulent deal.
(transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
(transitive) To create.
(transitive) To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).
(transitive) To gather together; amass.
To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.
(transitive) To regain or get back something.
The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
(transitive) To get back; to recover possession of.
A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.
Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
The quality or degree of being fine.
A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.
(often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
Tired, weary.
(intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection.
A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.
A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
(mathematics) Having no fixed quantitative value.