All glom synonyms
glom
G g verb glom
- apprehend β If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them.
- grab β to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
- grab β to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
- associate β If you associate someone or something with another thing, the two are connected in your mind.
- incarcerate β to imprison; confine.
- seize β to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- apprehend β If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them.
- detain β When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
- jail β a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- imprison β to confine in or as if in a prison.
- catch β If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
- round up β having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- arrest β If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
- take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- pick β to cast (a shuttle).
- trap β a ladder or ladderlike device used to reach a loft, attic, etc.
- fasten β to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
noun glom
- capture β If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
- incarceration β the act of incarcerating, or putting in prison or another enclosure: The incarceration rate has increased dramatically.
- imprisonment β to confine in or as if in a prison.
- detention β Detention is when someone is arrested or put into prison, especially for political reasons.
- jailing β a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- peek β to look or glance quickly or furtively, especially through a small opening or from a concealed location; peep; peer.
- impression β a strong effect produced on the intellect, feelings, conscience, etc.
- flash β a precedence code for handling messages about initial enemy contact or operational combat messages of extreme urgency within the U.S. military.
- sight β the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- glance β to look quickly or briefly.
- sighting β the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- commitment β Commitment is a strong belief in an idea or system.
- nail β a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- hook β a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
- nip β to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
- nab β to arrest or capture.
- bust β a raid, search, or arrest by the police
- accommodation β Accommodation is used to refer to buildings or rooms where people live or stay.
- nick β Old Nick.
- crimp β If you crimp something such as a piece of fabric or pastry, you make small folds in it.
- sweep β to move or remove (dust, dirt, etc.) with or as if with a broom, brush, or the like.
- heat β the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- appropriation β An appropriation is an amount of money that a government or organization reserves for a particular purpose.
- fall β to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
- snare β one of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum.
- collar β The collar of a shirt or coat is the part which fits round the neck and is usually folded over.
- captivity β Captivity is the state of being kept imprisoned or enclosed.
- pull β pull media
- constraint β A constraint is something that limits or controls what you can do.
- apprehension β Apprehension is a feeling of fear that something bad may happen.
- pinch β to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
- drop β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- bag β A bag is a container made of thin paper or plastic, for example one that is used in shops to put things in that a customer has bought.