Synonyms of the word prehend


PREHENDCLUTCH - SEIZE - TAKE

prehend

  • v. (obsolete) To lay hold of; to seize.

clutch

  • v. To seize, as though with claws.
  • v. To grip or grasp tightly.
  • n. The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
  • n. (by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
  • n. A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used between engine and gearbox in a car.
  • n. The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission.
  • n. Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
  • n. A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
  • n. (US) An important or critical situation.
  • adj. (US, Canada) Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.
  • n. A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs.
  • n. A group or bunch (of people or things).

seize

  • v. (transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
  • v. (transitive) To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
  • v. (transitive) To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
  • v. (transitive) To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.
  • v. (transitive, nautical) To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To fasten, fix.
  • v. (intransitive) To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon).
  • v. (intransitive) To have a seizure.
  • v. (intransitive) To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.
  • v. (Britain, intransitive) To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.

take

  • v. (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
  • v. (transitive) To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
  • v. (transitive) To remove.
  • v. (transitive) To have sex with.
  • v. (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
  • v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
  • v. (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
  • v. (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
  • v. (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
  • v. (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
  • v. (obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
  • v. (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
  • v. (transitive) To consume.
  • v. (transitive) To experience, undergo, or endure.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
  • v. (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
  • v. (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
  • v. (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
  • v. (transitive) To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
  • v. (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
  • v. (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
  • v. (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
  • v. (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
  • v. (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
  • v. (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
  • v. (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
  • v. (transitive, of cloth, paper, etc) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to…
  • v. (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
  • v. (transitive) To require.
  • v. (transitive) To proceed to fill.
  • v. (transitive) To fill, to use up (time or space).
  • v. (transitive) To avail oneself of.
  • v. (transitive) To perform, to do.
  • v. (transitive) To assume or perform (a form or role).
  • v. (transitive) To bind oneself by.
  • v. (transitive) To move into.
  • v. (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
  • v. (transitive) To have or take recourse to.
  • v. (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
  • v. (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
  • v. (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
  • v. (transitive, dated) To take a picture, photograph, etc of (a person, scene, etc).
  • v. (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
  • v. (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
  • v. (transitive) To deal with.
  • v. (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
  • v. (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow…
  • v. (transitive, grammar) To have an be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
  • v. (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
  • v. (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
  • v. (intransitive) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
  • v. (intransitive, possibly dated) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
  • v. (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To deliver, give (something) to (someone).
  • v. (transitive, obsolete outside dialects and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or…
  • n. The or an act of taking.
  • n. Something that is taken; a haul.
  • n. An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective.
  • n. An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
  • n. (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a…
  • n. (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
  • n. A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response…
  • n. (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
  • n. (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
  • n. (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.

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