Grab
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something) to restrain someone; to arrest to grip the attention; to enthrall
Part of speech: noun
Definition: a mechanical device that grabs
Example sentence: Animals have a much better attitude to life and death than we do. They know when their time has come. We are the ones that suffer when they pass, but it's a healing kind of grief that enables us to deal with other griefs that are not so easy to grab hold of.
Snaffle
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A broad-mouthed, loose-ringed bit (metal in a horse's mouth). It brings pressure to bear on the tongue and bars and corners of the mouth. Often used as a training bit.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to put on, or control with, a snaffleto grab or seize; to snap upto purloin, or obtain by devious means