ALL meanings of apprehend
ap·pre·hend
A a - verb apprehend If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them. 3
- verb apprehend If you apprehend something, you understand it fully. 3
- verb apprehend to arrest and escort into custody; seize 3
- verb apprehend to perceive or grasp mentally; understand 3
- verb apprehend to await with fear or anxiety; dread 3
- verb transitive apprehend to take into custody; capture or arrest 3
- verb transitive apprehend to take hold of mentally; perceive; understand 3
- verb transitive apprehend to anticipate with anxiety; dread 3
- verb transitive apprehend to seize 3
- intransitive verb apprehend to understand 3
- abbreviation APPREHEND arrest 1
- transitive verb apprehend understand 1
- verb with object apprehend to take into custody; arrest by legal warrant or authority: The police apprehended the burglars. 1
- verb with object apprehend to grasp the meaning of; understand, especially intuitively; perceive. 1
- verb with object apprehend to expect with anxiety, suspicion, or fear; anticipate: apprehending violence. 1
- verb without object apprehend to understand. 1
- verb without object apprehend to be apprehensive, suspicious, or fearful; fear. 1
- noun apprehend Arrest (someone) for a crime. 1
- verb apprehend (Transitive Verb) (archaic) To take or seize; to take hold of. 0
- verb apprehend (Transitive Verb) To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest. 0
- verb apprehend (Transitive Verb) To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider. 0
- verb apprehend (Transitive Verb) To anticipate; especially, to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear. 0
- verb apprehend (Intransitive Verb) To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose. 0
- verb apprehend (Intransitive Verb) To be apprehensive; to fear. 0