Grapple

1. To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly.
2. A grappling iron.
3. An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab.
4. A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold.
5. To use a grapple; to contend in close fight; to attach one's self as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; to close; to seize one another.
6. To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.