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Irregular inflected forms: nabbed , nabbing
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they nab ... he / she / it nabs
Past simple: nabbed
Past participle: nabbed
-ing form: nabbing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Seize suddenly
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "nab" is one way to...):
clutch; prehend; seize (take hold of; grab)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Take into custody
Example:
the police nabbed the suspected criminals
Synonyms:
apprehend; arrest; collar; cop; nab; nail; pick up
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "nab" is one way to...):
clutch; prehend; seize (take hold of; grab)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
Meaning:
Tag the base runner to get him out
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "nab" is one way to...):
tag (touch a player while he is holding the ball)
Domain category:
ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
