grab
pinch
arrestment
sit on
feel someone's collar
lift
bust
have someone's hide
restrainedly
take down
apprehend
hold down
coerce
land
shackle
restrainment
tiger kidnap
bond
catch and release
hamper
hold up
trammel
taking into custody
apprehension
collar
detainer
catch
arrest
protective custody
excuss
commit
hold in hand
keep
hold
suppressal
internment
imprisonment
get out of someone's face
cuff
handcuff
bag
buttonholing
nick
pop
manacle
restraint
kidnap
run in
four-point
buttonhole
lay hands on
bail
bite in the arse
detention
check
hem up
shackledom
citizen's arrest
restraining
buttonholer
raven
abductor
controlled
chastise
measured
obviation
teach someone a lesson
defence
harassment
cuffing
defense
Miranda rule
keep back
deliver
castigate
carcerate
terrorise
adultnap
looseness
telishment
pick up
terrorize
guarded
decaptivate
incarceration
cramp someone's style
unarrest
adumbrated
detaining
keep out of
imprisoner
impunity
restrainedly
controlled
measured
guarded
adumbrated
arrestment
shackle
restrainment
bond
catch and release
hamper
trammel
pinch
taking into custody
apprehension
collar
detainer
catch
arrest
protective custody
suppressal
internment
imprisonment
buttonholing
restraint
detention
shackledom
citizen's arrest
restraining
buttonholer
abductor
obviation
defence
harassment
cuffing
defense
Miranda rule
looseness
telishment
incarceration
unarrest
detaining
imprisoner
impunity
grab
pinch
sit on
feel someone's collar
lift
bust
have someone's hide
take down
apprehend
hold down
coerce
land
tiger kidnap
hold up
collar
excuss
commit
hold in hand
keep
hold
get out of someone's face
cuff
handcuff
bag
nick
pop
manacle
kidnap
run in
four-point
buttonhole
lay hands on
bail
bite in the arse
check
hem up
raven
chastise
teach someone a lesson
keep back
deliver
castigate
carcerate
terrorise
adultnap
pick up
terrorize
decaptivate
cramp someone's style
keep out of
arrest
verb
- To restrain someone; to arrest.
- To consume something quickly.
- To take the opportunity of.
- To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
- To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest.
- To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
- To quickly collect or retrieve.
noun
- An acquisition by violent or unjust means.
- A device for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.
- A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.
- A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
- A sound bite.
- A simple card game.
- A sudden snatch at something.
verb
- To arrest or capture.
- To squeeze between two objects.
- Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
- To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
- To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
- To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
- To steal, usually something inconsequential.
- To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
- To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
- To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
- To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- To seize; to grip; to bite.
noun
- A close compression of anything with the fingers.
- A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
- An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
- An organic herbal smoke additive.
- A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.
- The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
- The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- An arrest.
- A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
verb
verb
- To arrest (a person).
- To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
- To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.
- To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
- To steal.
- to cause to move upwards.
- To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
- To lift weights; to weight-lift.
- To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
- To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
- To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
- To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
- To raise or rise.
- To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
noun
- A rise; a degree of elevation.
- A thief.
- The amount or weight to be lifted.
- The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
- An act of lifting or raising.
- One of the steps of a cone pulley.
- Air.
- Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
- That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
- An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
- An improvement in mood.
- The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
- The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
- Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
- A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
- A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
- The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
- The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
- A liftgate.
verb
- To arrest (someone) for a crime.
- For a headline to exceed the amount of space reserved for it.
- To catch (someone) in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.
- To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.
- To break in (a woman or girl), To deflower
- To break.
- To exceed a score of 21.
- To break in (an animal).
- An emphatic synonym of do or get.
- To ejaculate; to eject semen.
- To refute an established opening.
- To lose all of one's chips.
- To reduce in rank.
noun
- A police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise.
- The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.
- A refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis.
- A player who fails to meet expectations.
- A failed enterprise; a bomb.
- A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
- The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession.
- A disappointment.
- The breasts and upper thorax of a woman.
adj
verb
- To arrest someone or to place them in detention.
- To write down as a note, especially to record something spoken.
- To remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding.
- To remove something from a website.
- I took down the medicine and soon felt better.
- To remove something from a hanging position.
- To collapse or become incapacitated from illness or fatigue.
- To lower an item of clothing without removing it.
- If you have a pen, you can take down my phone number.
- To swallow.
- To reduce.
- To defeat; to destroy or kill (a person).
- To force one’s opponent off their feet in order to transition from striking to grappling in jujitsu, mixed martial arts, etc.
- To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.
verb
- To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
- To be or become aware of (something); to perceive.
- To have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard.
- To seize or take (something); to take hold of.
- To understand.
- To be of opinion, believe, or think; to suppose.
- To be apprehensive; to fear.
- To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear.
- To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize.
- To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
verb
- To capture or arrest.
- To succeed in having sexual relations with; to score
- (of a blow) To deliver.
- To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
- To come into rest.
- To arrive on land, especially a shore or dock, from a body of water.
- To acquire; to secure.
- To go down well with an audience.
- To bring to land.
- (of a punch) To connect
noun
- The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
- The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.
- lant; urine
- The ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.
- Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and acquired and on which buildings and structures can be built and erected.
- On a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.
- realm, domain.
- In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, such as the level part of a millstone between the furrows.
- A group of dwellings or tenements under one roof and having a common entry.
- The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called also landing.
- A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
- The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.
- A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.
- A country or region.
- A shock or fright.
- The space between the rifling grooves in a gun.
noun
- a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
- an electrical force linking atoms
- a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal
- a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
- (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
- a connection that fastens things together
- a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents
- the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
verb
noun
- The practice by police of apprehending someone but then letting them go without making an arrest.
- A variety of angling where the fish are released after capture, as a conservation measure.
- The immigration policy of releasing illegal immigrants while they await a hearing, rather than detaining them.
- The practice of a patent holding company buying a patent, offering a license to its members, and then selling or donating the patent after a certain period.
verb
noun
- a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
- a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh
- an adjustable pothook set in a fireplace
- a restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble
verb
noun
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
- (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
- anything worn or placed about the neck
- a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
- the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
- a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
- necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
- a figurative restraint
verb
noun
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- the quantity that was caught
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- the act of catching an object with the hands
verb
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- to hook or entangle
- attract and fix
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- reach in time
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- be struck or affected by
- check oneself during an action
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- see or watch
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- detect a blunder or misstep
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- come down with
- start burning
- perceive by hearing
- suffer from the receipt of
- attract; cause to be enamored
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- take in and retain
- spread or be communicated
- be the catcher
- become aware of
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
verb
- To imprison: to forcibly place in a jail.
- To make a set of changes permanent.
- To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
- To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (Traditionally used only reflexively but now also without oneself etc.)
- To integrate new revisions into the public or master version of a file in a version control system.
- To forcibly evaluate and treat in a medical facility, particularly for presumed mental illness.
- To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
noun
verb
verb
- To restrain.
- To supply with necessities and financially support (a person).
- To refrain from freely disclosing (a secret).
- To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
- To remain edible or otherwise usable.
- To remain in a state.
- To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.
- To raise; to care for.
- To have habitually in stock for sale.
- To act as wicket-keeper.
- To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
- To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.
- To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
- To watch over, look after, guard, protect.
- To maintain possession of.
- To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
- To remain faithful to a given promise or word.
- To continue.
noun
verb
- To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- To detain.
- To take place, to occur.
- In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To have and keep possession of something.
- Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- To contain or store.
- To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- To win one's own service game.
- To cause to wait or delay.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To grasp or grip.
- To reserve.
- To bear, carry, or manage.
- To keep oneself in a particular state.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
noun
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- Power over someone or something.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- An act or instance of holding.
- Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.
- A position or grip used to control the opponent.
- The wager amount, the total hold.
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- The ability to persist.
- An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- Something reserved or kept.
- A grasp or grip.
- The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015
- The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
verb
- To arrest.
- To laugh uncontrollably.
- To take a woman away with one as a romantic or sexual interest.
- To steal.
- To put into a bag.
- To fit with a bag to collect urine.
- To hang like an empty bag.
- To drop away from the correct course.
- To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
- To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
- To provide with artificial ventilation via a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
- To criticise sarcastically.
- To forget, ignore, or get rid of.
- To furnish or load with a bag.
noun
- A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
- One's preference.
- A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, and handbags.
- A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods.
- The scrotum.
- A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.
- £1000, a grand.
- A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
- An ugly woman.
- A fellow gay man.
- The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
- A small envelope that contains drugs, especially narcotics.
- A dark circle under the eye, caused by lack of sleep, drug addiction etc.
- A large number or amount.
- First, second, or third base.
- A pouch tied behind a man's head to hold the back-hair of a wig; a bag wig.
- A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.
- The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
verb
- To arrest.
- To make a cut at the side of the face.
- To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
- To make ragged or uneven, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to deface, to mar.
- To steal.
- To make a crosscut or cuts on the underside of (the tail of a horse, in order to make the animal carry it higher).
noun
- The point where the wall of the court meets the floor.
- One of the single-stranded DNA segments produced during nick translation.
- Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
- A police station or prison.
- A small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch.
verb
- To arrest.
- To perform (a move or stunt) while riding a board or vehicle.
- To burst (something) with a popping sound.
- To give birth.
- To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound.
- To stand out; to be distinctive to the senses.
- To shoot (usually somebody) with a firearm.
- To ejaculate; to orgasm.
- To pawn (something) (to raise money).
- To hit (something or someone).
- To remove (a data item) from the top of a stack.
- To place (something) (somewhere); to move or position (something) with a short movement.
- To perform the popping style of dance.
- To swallow or consume (especially a tablet of a drug, sometimes extended to other small items such as sweets or candy).
- To undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open.
- To make a short trip or visit.
- To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart.
intj
adj
noun
- Something that stands out or is distinctive to the mind or senses.
- A Russian Orthodox priest; a parson.
- A bird, the European redwing.
- A quantity dispensed; a portion; apiece.
- A pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm.
- A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle.
- An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.
- The removal of a data item from the top of a stack.
- One's father.
- A small, immature peanut, boiled as a snack.
- Pop music.
- A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; a soda pop.
- The sixth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, jounce, crackle), i.e. the rate of change of crackle.
verb
- To arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest.
- To insert (a word, etc.) without making a line break or new paragraph (so that it is not free-hanging).
- To use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing damage.
- To start a new regime slowly.
- To use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing damage. (transitive sense)
- To score (a try).
- To alter the position of matter to fill vacant space.
adj
verb
- To detain (a person) in conversation against their will.
- To cut one or more buttonholes (in).
- To sew by buttonhole stitch.
- To apply a flowery formation in.
noun
- A small slot-like cut or incision, made for example by an accident with the scalpel.
- So shaped that it can be worn on a buttonhole or it is similar to a buttonhole.
- A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
- The mouth and/or nose and/or eyes if appearing tiny.
- A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.
- anus, batty hole.
verb
- To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up.
- To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
- To secure the head of a cow during milking.
- To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.
- To release a person under such guarantee.
- To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.
- To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.
- To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.
- To set free; to deliver; to release.
- To fail to meet a commitment (to a person).
- To exit quickly.
- To confine.
noun
- Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
- Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
- A frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding.
- A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
- The person providing such payment.
- A person who bails water out of a boat.
- A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).
- One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.
- A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop).
- A hoop, ring, or other object used to connect a pendant to a necklace.
- Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail.
- A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.
noun
- The act of detaining or the state of being detained.
- The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession.
- Confinement of a prisoner awaiting trial.
- A punishment given to a student for a minor infraction, typically requiring the student to report to a designated room during recess or outside of school hours to work on homework or perform busywork.
verb
- To act as a curb or restraint.
- To inspect; to examine.
- To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
- To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
- To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
- To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
- To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
- To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
- To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
- To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
- To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.
- To verify or compare with a source of information.
- To leave in safekeeping.
- To control, limit, or halt.
- To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
- To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
- To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
- To make a stop; to pause; with at.
- To mark with a check pattern.
adj
noun
- The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
- A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
- Any fabric woven with such a pattern.
- A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
- A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
- A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
- A control; a limit or stop.
- An inspection or examination.
- A small chink or crack.
- A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
- An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
- A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
- A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
- A token used instead of cash in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.
verb
noun
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- the justification for some act or belief
- a structure used to defend against attack
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
- (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- protection from harm
noun
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
- (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- protection from harm
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- the justification for some act or belief
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
- the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- a structure used to defend against attack
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
verb
- To set free from restraint or danger.
- To give birth to.
- To free from or disburden of anything.
- To bring or transport something to its destination.
- To produce what is expected or required.
- To express in words or vocalizations, declare, utter, or vocalize.
- To discover; to show.
- To administer a drug.
- To assist in the birth of.
- To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.
- To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.
- To assist (a female) in bearing, that is, in bringing forth (a child).
adj
noun
- freedom from restraint
- frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
- a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice
- the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints
- movement or space for movement
- dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
verb
- To collect and detain (a suspect).
- To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch (a disease).
- To lift; to grasp and raise.
- To clean up; to return to an organized state.
- To point out the behaviour, habits, or actions of (a person) in a critical manner; used with on.
- To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.
- To receive calls; to function correctly.
- To record; to notch up.
- To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize.
- To promote somebody who was previously passed over.
- To collect an object, especially in passing.
- To answer a telephone.
- To take control (physically) of something.
- To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely.
- To behave in a manner that results in a foul.
- To restart or resume.
- To receive (a radio signal or the like).
- To notice, detect or discern; to pick up on
- To improve, increase, or speed up.
- To reduce the despondency of.
- To pay for.
- To obtain and publish a story, news item, etc.
- To collect a passenger.
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English words for 'To restrain someone; to arrest.'
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