chwytać — meaning in English
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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.
- grab verb To take hold of something suddenly and firmly.
- grasp verb To grip something firmly, typically with the hand.
- hold verb To grasp, carry, or support something with your hands or arms.
- seize verb To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
Senses
chwytać 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.
- grab (intransitive) To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
- grasp To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
- 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
- verb To use the teeth to cut into, grip, or wound something.
- verb To have an unpleasant or harmful effect, often after a delay.
- noun An act of biting, or the mark left by one.
catch — full definition
- verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.
- verb To become infected with an illness.
- verb To notice, understand, or hear something.
- noun A hidden difficulty or drawback in an otherwise appealing deal or plan.
- noun Something captured, especially fish.