segurar — meaning in English

English meaning

• fasten verb To attach or close something securely.
• grip verb To take hold of something firmly, especially with the hand.
• hold verb To grasp, carry, or support something with your hands or arms.

Senses

segurar is used for these senses in English:

• fasten (ambitransitive) To attach or connect in a secure manner.
• grip (transitive) To figuratively take hold of or grasp.
• hold (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
• hold To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
• hold off (idiomatic, transitive) To delay (someone or something) temporarily; to keep at bay.
• take away To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.

grip — full definition

1. verb To take hold of something firmly, especially with the hand.
2. verb To hold someone's attention or emotions powerfully.
3. noun A firm hold, or the strength of one's hold on something.

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