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lay hold of

lay hold of verb: to seize; catch; apprehend.

Verb

lay hold of (third-person singular simple present lays hold of, present participle laying hold of, simple past and past participle laid hold of)

  1. (transitive) To seize; catch; apprehend.
  2. (transitive) To obtain.

lay hold of meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Sinhala

lay hold of in Tamil

கதுவு

lay hold of in Kannada

ಬಿಗಿಯಾಗಿ ಹಿಡಿ, ವಶಕ್ಕೆ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳು

lay hold of in Sinhala

to lay hold of, catch, seize
අල්ලනවා allanawā

Forms of lay hold of

third-person singular presentlays hold of
present participlelaying hold of
past participlelaid hold of
pastlaid hold of

Questions about lay hold of

What does lay hold of mean?
Lay hold of means to seize; catch; apprehend.
What is lay hold of in Tamil?
Lay hold of in Tamil is கதுவு. See Lay hold of meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lay hold of?
Lay hold of is a verb.
What is the past tense of lay hold of?
The past tense of lay hold of is laid hold of.

Words near lay hold of in the dictionary

  1. lay eyes on
  2. lay figure
  3. lay figures
  4. lay for
  5. lay hands on
  6. lay hold of
  7. lay hold on
  8. lay hold upon
  9. lay ill in one's mouth
  10. lay in
  11. lay in ambush

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lay hold of (page history and authors); lay hold of (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lay hold of (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); අල්ලනවා (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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