Grabbing the keys is a very common action before leaving the home.
The verb grab comes from claw . This term (claw), in turn, refers to the foot or hand of an animal when they have sharp and very strong nails . In some contexts, the human hand is also called claw.
Returning to the idea of grabbing, the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ) recognizes more than a dozen meanings. The first meaning refers to taking or grasping something, generally with force .
What is grasping
When used in a physical sense, grasping is an action performed with one or both hands. It is an everyday act that people perform constantly.
From the moment an individual wakes up until he goes to sleep, he grabs countless objects. You can grab your cell phone, a glass and a packet of cookies in the first minutes of the day, for example . Before leaving your home, you will also grab your house keys, your personal document, money, etc.
When a policeman manages to catch a thief, what he does is stop and capture him.
The prehensileness
In the case of animals , the ability to grasp or hold on is known as prehensileness . The monkey that has a prehensile tail , to mention one possibility, has said organ prepared to hold onto branches (that is, to cling to branches).
Prensility, in this framework, is a biological adaptation. Thanks to this ability, species can interact with the environment, obtain food and defend themselves.
Grab how to contract something
Another meaning of grasping refers to beginning to suffer from an illness or to experiencing a certain feeling . What you grab, you suffer.
Suppose someone attends a party. In this place, which lacks good ventilation, there are hundreds of young people dancing and talking. Days later, the boy in question begins to feel unwell, goes to a doctor and, after taking a test, is diagnosed with COVID-19 . According to the health professional, according to what the patient himself told him, it is likely that he caught the disease at the social event, since the virus can spread with the tiny droplets of saliva expelled by already infected people.
a surprise
The notion of grabbing can also be linked to a surprise . To grab someone, then, involves catching them or discovering them when they are off guard .
Take the case of a thief who, taking advantage of a mistake, steals a man's briefcase at a train station. Through video surveillance cameras, a police officer observes the situation and notifies a colleague. Finally, the criminal is caught. It can be stated, in this way, that the security forces managed to catch the criminal .
Grab to one side
In the colloquial language of several Latin American countries, finally, grabbing can refer to the fact of going to a place or leaving in a certain direction. It can be grabbed for different places.
A woman may ask a neighbor if she saw where her son went. The neighbor tells him: “I saw him grab the side of the square.” With this response, express in what direction the child progressed.