Synset:clutch seize
Examples:
- The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter
- She clutched her purse
- The mother seized her child by the arm
- Birds of prey often seize small mammals
Derivationally Related Form:prehensionseizingclutch
Hypernyms:get hold of take
Inherited Hypernyms:seizetake
Direct Hyponyms:apprehendarrestcapturecatchclaspclawclenchclinchcollarcopgetgrabgrapplegripnabnailpick upracksnapsnatchsnatch uptake hold of
Full Troponyms:anglebitebrailcatchclaspclawclenchcollarcrabcut offfishfly-fishgetgnawgoosegrabgrapplegripharpoonhookinterceptlassonabnetnet fishnibblenippinchprawnrackrailrecapturescallopseineseizesharkshrimpsnapsnap atsnatchstill-fishswooptrawltrolltweak
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s something