transitive. To lay hold of, take, grasp, seize.

transitive. To grasp or seize firmly or tightly with the hand; to seize with the mouth, claw, beak or other prehensile organ.

transitive. To touch; to lay hold of, seize; to take away. Also: to touch on (a matter), treat of, mention.

transitive. To lay hold on, seize, grasp, catch.

To seize, lay hold of; to snatch, take. Obsolete.

transitive. To take hold of, grasp, seize (esp. with the hand or claws); to clasp, embrace (with the arms); to grasp with the mind, to…

transitive. To lay hold of and convey (something) somewhere; to snatch, carry off; to take away. Frequently with adverb or prepositional phrase…

transitive. To catch hold of, apprehend; to seize and hold fast. Also figurative.

transitive. To lay hold of, seize upon.

trans. To lay hold of, grasp, hold, seize; to clasp, embrace. Obs.

transitive. To gripe, grip, lay hold of.

transferred and figurative. In various uses: To thrust (one's hand) forth; to lay (hands) on; to cast (one's head) down; to strike (a stroke). Obs…

intransitive. With prepositional phrase. To become firmly attached to or embedded in something; to obtain a firm hold upon something. Also in…

To reach, lay hold of, seize.

to set (one's) hand(s on: to lay hands upon, seize; esp. to lay violent hands upon, attack. Also to set one's hand against, to oppose. Obsolete.

transitive. To take hold of, take in the hand, seize, snatch, catch.

transitive. To clutch, grasp, lay hold of, seize.

transitive. To seize or lay hold of (a person or thing); to grasp, hold; (in later use) to handle.

transitive (reflexive) and intransitive with reflexive meaning. To attach oneself to; to take hold of, seize on. Cf. fasten, v. 13b. Obsolete.

transitive. To seize (a person or thing); to take hold of; to carry off. Also intransitive and in extended use. Obsolete.

To take hold of with the hands, claws, teeth, etc.; in modern use, to take hold of suddenly or eagerly, to clutch.

To lay hold of, seize upon, grip; to catch, overtake. literal and figurative. Obsolete.

transitive. To grasp (esp. a part of the body) with one's hands, to lay hold of. Cf. to take hold at hold, n.1 phrases.

To grasp, lay hold of, seize. Obsolete.

intransitive with various constructions. to seize onor upon = to seize (in senses 6–8). Also, in the same sense, †to seize of (obsolete rare).

transitive. To take hold of (something) in one's hands; to grasp or grab; to gain a hold of.

transitive. To touch or hold with the hand; to take hold of; to work or manage with the hand. Cf. unhand, v. Obsolete.

Chiefly with of, †at, or on. To take hold of (a person or thing) with the hands; to seize; to grasp. Also of a thing: to become attached to.

To get something by one's own act into one's (physical) hold; to grasp, seize: = to catch hold at catch, v. phrases 6, lay hold (lay, v.1 22). Const…

to lay hold (up)on, of: to take into one's grasp, to grasp, seize on (with material and immaterial object); to avail oneself of (a pretext).

transitive and intransitive = grapple, v. 4 8a.

complex. to have by the back: to lay hold of, seize.

transitive. To grasp, seize with the hand; to take firm hold of. In earliest use figurative. Also intransitive. Obsolete.

To lay hold upon, seize, with hands, teeth, etc. Also said of fire, and figuratively of trembling, fear, etc. Obsolete or archaic.

transitive. To take hold of (a person or thing) with the hands; to seize; to grip firmly; hence, to come to close quarters with.

transitive. to clap hold of: to lay hold of promptly.

transitive. To lay hold of, to seize, to grasp; to ‘catch’, entrap. Obsolete.

To make the motion of embracing or encircling something with the arms; to grapple with.

In non-legal contexts. transitive. To seize physically, with hands, claws, etc. Also in figurative contexts. Obsolete.

= grapple, v. in various senses.

transitive. To take, or try to take, in one's grasp; to embrace, grasp, seize. Also figurative.

transitive. To seize, clutch.

intransitive with various constructions. to seize onor upon = to seize (in senses 6–8). Also, in the same sense, †to seize of (obsolete rare).

Strong, tenacious, clinging. Now only in fast hold.

transitive. To grasp or take in the palm of the hand; also figurative.

To grasp or seize with the fist; to handle. Now esp. Nautical. †to fist about, to hand round.

to set (one's) hand to: to lay hold of, take into one's hand; figurative to set about, engage upon (†formerly const. infinitive). to set one's hand…

To acquire or obtain; to get hold of, to seize, appropriate (something). Cf. sense to put (one's) hand(s) on (also †in, †to, †unto, †upon) at…