Synonyms:
grasping, taking_hold, seizing, prehension
Meaning: the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
Synonyms:
seizing
Meaning: small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes together
Usage examples
"Ah, there it is," he cried, seizing it and carrying it off.
Seizing a match-box, he struck a light and held it to the hook.
Then, seizing the monster by the neck, he dashed the remaining heads against the rock.
"Do you hear, doctor," resumed Kennedy, seizing the doctor's hand. "Suppose they should kill him to-night!"
The instant she heard the gruff voice she had dropped her spoon, and, seizing a baby under each arm, had fled up the gangplank on to the boat.
Seizing the lion with both hands, he put forth all his mighty strength and strangled the beast just as he had strangled the serpents in his cradle.
At that moment I felt the sinewy hand of Hans seizing me vigorously. But for him, carried away by my dream, I should have thrown myself into the sea.
They came into the bay of Defarr, where they found a ketch at anchor, which the people had made prize of, by seizing the master and boat's crew ashore.
Douglas, seizing only too gladly the pretext to use denunciation instead of argument, replied in his opening speech, in turn stigmatizing them as "abolition confederates"
This did not hinder Caesar from seizing in the space of a few days Severeto, Scarlino, the isle of Elba, and La Pianosa; but he was obliged to stop short at the castle, which opposed a serious resistance.