See nab in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "to seize a criminal",
"word": "հանցանքի տեղում բռնել"
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"code": "hy",
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"word": "залавям"
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"roman": "dàibǔ",
"sense": "to seize a criminal",
"word": "逮捕"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to seize a criminal",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "sbalit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to seize a criminal",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "sebrat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to seize a criminal",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "čapnout"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to seize a criminal",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "oppakken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to seize a criminal",
"word": "schnappen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xvatátʹ",
"sense": "to seize a criminal",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "хвата́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sxvatítʹ",
"sense": "to seize a criminal",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "схвати́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to seize a criminal",
"word": "ухапсити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to seize a criminal",
"word": "uhapsiti"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to seize a criminal",
"word": "haffa"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sxópljuvaty",
"sense": "to seize a criminal",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "схо́плювати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sxopýty",
"sense": "to seize a criminal",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "схопи́ти"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otmǎkvam",
"sense": "to grab or snatch",
"word": "отмъквам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to grab or snatch",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "lapnout"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to grab or snatch",
"tags": [
"Europe"
],
"word": "choper"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to grab or snatch",
"tags": [
"Canada"
],
"word": "pogner"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to grab or snatch",
"word": "schnappen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xvatátʹ",
"sense": "to grab or snatch",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "хвата́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sxvatítʹ",
"sense": "to grab or snatch",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "схвати́ть"
}
],
"word": "nab"
}
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"text": "The Toe, or Nab of the Bolt, which rises[…]above the Straight on the Top of the Bolt: The Office of this Nab, is to receive the Bottom of the Bit of the Key, when in turning it about, it shoots the Bolt backward or forwards.",
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"The cock of a gunlock."
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"ref": "1703, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises:",
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"The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot."
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"(locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot."
]
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}
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"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: locksmithing",
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