4. to hit the nail on the head, sometimes means to say or do just right: mawasto, tumama, tamaan, matumpak
clutch
v.
to seize with the hands, snatch: sumunggab, sunggaban, dumakma, dakmain, dumakmal, dakmalin, humawak (hawakan) nang mahigpit
n.
1. a tight grasp: mahigpit na hawak
2. a machine device: klats
take
v.
1. to lay hold of: tumangan, tanganan, tangnan, humawak, hawakan
2. to seize, to capture: humuli, hulihin, dumakip, dakpin
3. to be seized or captured: mahuli, madakip
4. to accept: tumanggap, tanggapin
5. to receive: tumanggap, tanggapin, matanggap
6. to get: kumuha, kunin
7. to win: manalo, talunin, magtagumpay, pagtagumpayan
8. to choose, select: pumili, piliin
9. to remove: mag-alis, alisin, ialis, ilayo
10. to go with: magsama, ipagsama, pasamahin, sumama, isama
11. to carry: magdala, dalhin, maghatid, ihatid
12. to suppose: magpalagay, ipalagay, mag-akala, akalain
13. to regard, to consider: magpalagay, ipalagay, ipagpalagay, magsaalang-alang, isaalang-alang
14. to please, to attract: umakit, akitin, maakit, makaakit, magbigaykasiyahan, bigyang-kasiyahan
n.
1. amount taken, as in fishing: huli
2. amount taken as in gambling: panalo, panalunan, kabig
3. to take after, to be like, to resemble: magkawangis, makawangis, mawangis, magkatulad, makatulad, tumulad, matulad, magkamukha, makamukha or use adjectives: kamukha, kawangis, katulad
4. to take away: bumawi, bawiin, mag-alis, alisin, umawas, awasin
5. to take down means (a) to write down: isulat, itala (b) to put down: magbaba, ibaba (c) to lower the pride of: magpababa ng pagkatao (karangalan), pababain ang pagkatao (karangalan)
6. to take in means (a) to receive: tumanggap, tanggapin (b) to make smaller or narrower: kiputan (c) to understand: umintindi, maintindihan, intindihin, umunawa, maunawaan, unawain (d) to deceive, to cheat: mandaya, dumaya, dayain, madaya
7. to take off means (a) to leave the ground or water: lumipad, tumaas (b) to give a funny imitation of: gumaya, gayahin, (c) to remove: humango, hanguin, mag-alis, alisin
8. to take on, to engage, to hire: umupa, upahan
9. to take to means (a) to form a liking for: magkagusto (b) to go to: magpunta, pumunta, magtungo, tumungo
10. to take up means (a) to soak up, to absorb: sumipsip, sipsipin (b) to make shorter: magpaikli, paikliin, magpaigsi, paigsiin (c) to lift: magtaas, itaas, magbuhat, buhatin (d) to undertake, to study: mag-aral, pag-aralan, kumuha, kunin
assault
v.
1. to attack: sumalakay, salakayin
2. to attack, esp. in force: lumusob, lusubin
3. to attack fiercely: dumaluhong, daluhungin
4. to assault a person in a scuffle: umaway, awayin, bumabag, babagin
5. to seize and take by force, rape: gumahasa, manggahasa, gahasain
n.
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grip
v.
to seize and hold tight: sumunggab ng mahigpit,pumisil ng mahigpit, humawak ng mahigpit
grasp
v.
1. to seize: sumunggab, dumakmal, dumakma, dumakot
2. to understand: maunawaan, maintindihan
miss
v.
1. to fail to hit: hindi (di, di-) tumama, tamaan o matamaan, magmintis, sumala, sanlan (salahan)
2. to fail to find or meet: di makita, di matagpuan
3. to fail to get: di makuha (makakuha)
4. to let slip by, not seize, to lose: mawala, makawala, makakawala, mawalan
5. to fail to catch: di umabot (abutan, maabutan), mahuli
3. to comprehend: umintindi, maintindihan, intindihin
4. to expect with anxiety or fear: mangamba, mabahala, mabagabag
arrest
v.
1. to seize by authority of law: humuli, hulihin, dumakip, dakipin, dakpin, umaresto, arestuhin
2. to stop, to check: pumigil, pigilin, mapigil, magpatigil, patigilin, magpahinto, pahintuin
3. to be attracted or fixed, e.g. ones attention: maakit, mapako ang tingin
4. to cease: tumigil, tigilan, itigil
n.
1. the act of arresting or seizing: paghuli, pagdakip, pag-aresto
2. a checking or stopping: pagpigil, pagkapigil, pagkakapigil, pagpapatigil, pagkapatigil, pagkakapatigil
sunggab
v.
sumunggab, manunggab, sunggaban (-um-, mang-:-an) to grab, to grasp, to clutch, to seize with the hands. Sumunggab ang mga bata ng mga prutas. The children grabbed the fruits.