captures
Seizes and holds
Captures is the verb form of capture, meaning to take possession of something or someone, often by force or skill.
A photographer captures an image; police capture a fugitive; an army captures a city.
In games, a player captures an opponent's piece.
The word extends to seizing attention or accurately representing something: The film captures the mood of the era.
That photo really captures her personality.
Seizes abruptly
- snatchesSeizes quickly or fragments
- clutchesGrips tightly, or handbags
- graspsHolds or comprehends
- catchesSeizes in motion
nabs · snares · traps · ensnares · nets · hooks · latches · clamps
Manifests in form
- conveysTransfers or expresses
- expressesCommunicates through words
- reflectsReturns light or image
- portraysPerforms as another
depicts · encapsulates · distills · crystallizes · represents · evokes · communicates · illustrates
Image from a camera
- imageVisual or mental likeness
- shotQuick liquor serving
- snapshotInformal photograph taken quickly
- frameSupporting outer structure
lens · shutter · exposure · portrait · candid · still · footage · film
Occupies or participates with
- rivetsPermanent metal fasteners
- gripsHolds firmly onto
- hooksCurved catching devices
- enthrallsCaptures attention completely
mesmerizes · captivates · fascinates · spellbinds · absorbs · arrests · transfixes · compels
Seize by law
- detentionTemporary official holding
- custodyProtective care or control
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- captiveOne held by force
prisoner · hostage · seized · detained · confined · trapped · caged · bound
Achieved first places
- claimsStatements of truth
- clinchesSettles conclusively
- securesMakes fast or safe
- takesCaptures or acquires
earns · achieves · triumphs · trophy · title · championship · medal · crown
Domain under unified control
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- invasionForcible entry into territory
occupation · subjugation · domination · seized · stronghold · fortress · citadel · siege
grabs
Seizes abruptly
catches · nabs · snares · traps · ensnares · nets · hooks · latches · clamps · grips
embodies
Manifests in form
portrays · depicts · encapsulates · distills · crystallizes · represents · evokes · communicates · illustrates · renders
photograph
Image from a camera
frame · lens · shutter · exposure · portrait · candid · still · footage · film · video
engages
Occupies or participates with
enthralls · mesmerizes · captivates · fascinates · spellbinds · absorbs · arrests · transfixes · compels · draws
arrest
Seize by law
- detentionTemporary official holding
- custodyProtective care or control
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
captive · prisoner · hostage · seized · detained · confined · trapped · caged · bound · shackled
wins
Achieved first places
takes · earns · achieves · triumphs · trophy · title · championship · medal · crown · prize
empire
Domain under unified control
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
invasion · occupation · subjugation · domination · seized · stronghold · fortress · citadel · siege · surrender
- takes chargecontrols, manages, directs, leads, commands
- summarizessummarizes, recaps, condenses, abridges, digests
- Gomokuwhite stones, winning line, game board, intersections, overline
- Mancalamancala, bao, ayo, solo, seeds
- Marblesshooter, shooters, taw, cat's eye, steelies
- chesscheck, pawns, knights, rooks, pawn
capturesreleases
Lets go or publishes
frees · liberates · lets go · escapes · discharges
capturessurrenders
Ceases resistance formally
cedes · abandons · yields · loses · relinquishes
- capture the flagTeam infiltration contest
- screen captureImage of display contents
- motion captureRecording movement for animation
- carbon captureCollecting and storing emissions
- video captureDigitizing moving images
- live captureSeizing while preserving life
capture, captured, capturing, recapture, recaptured, recapturing, uncaptured, capturer, capturable