chwycić — meaning in English

English meaning

• bite verb To use the teeth to cut into, grip, or wound something.
• catch verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.
• hold verb To grasp, carry, or support something with your hands or arms.
• seize verb To grab hold of something on purpose, often quickly or firmly.

Senses

chwycić is used for these senses in English:

• bite (intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
• catch (transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium). [from 16thc.]
• get hold of (transitive) To pick up or grab.
• hold (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
• lay hold of (transitive) To seize; catch; apprehend.
• seize (transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.

bite — full definition

1. verb To use the teeth to cut into, grip, or wound something.
2. verb To have an unpleasant or harmful effect, often after a delay.
3. noun An act of biting, or the mark left by one.

catch — full definition

1. verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.
2. verb To become infected with an illness.
3. verb To notice, understand, or hear something.
4. noun A hidden difficulty or drawback in an otherwise appealing deal or plan.
5. noun Something captured, especially fish.

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