vverb.contactget into one's hands, take physicallySynset:take
Examples:- Take a cookie!
- Can you take this bag, please
Derivationally Related Form:taking
Inherited Hypernyms:take
Direct Hyponyms:clutchprehendseize
Full Troponyms:anglebitebrailcarjackcatchclaspclawclenchcollarcommandeercrabcut offfishfly-fishgetgnawgoosegrabgrapplegripharpoonhookinterceptkidnaplassonabnetnet fishnibblenippinchprawnrackrailravenrecapturescallopseineseizeshanghaisharkshrimpskyjacksnapsnap atsnatchstill-fishswooptrawltrolltweakwrest
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | The children --- the ball (apply to: take, get hold of)
vverb.communicationbe in or establish communication withSynset:contact get through reach
Examples:- Our advertisements reach millions
- He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia
Derivationally Related Form:contact
Hypernyms:communicate intercommunicate
Inherited Hypernyms:reachcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:pingraise
Full Troponyms:pingraise
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Somebody ---s (apply to: get through)
vverb.cognitionaffectSynset:clutch seize
Examples:- Fear seized the prisoners
- The patient was seized with unbearable pains
- He was seized with a dreadful disease
Derivationally Related Form:clutch
Hypernyms:overcome overpower overtake overwhelm sweep over whelm
Inherited Hypernyms:seizeoverwhelmarousemake
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody