"lay hold of" meaning in All languages combined

See lay hold of on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: lays hold of [present, singular, third-person], laying hold of [participle, present], laid hold of [participle, past], laid hold of [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lay<,,laid> hold of}} lay hold of (third-person singular simple present lays hold of, present participle laying hold of, simple past and past participle laid hold of)
  1. (transitive) To seize; catch; apprehend. Tags: transitive Translations (to seize or catch): ἐφάπτω (epháptō) (Ancient Greek), 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌽 (greipan) (Gothic), pārau (Maori), rarahu (Maori)
    Sense id: en-lay_hold_of-en-verb-36uadmjH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of 'to seize or catch': 96 4
  2. (transitive) To obtain. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-lay_hold_of-en-verb-qss~HyMS

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for lay hold of meaning in All languages combined (1.7kB)

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