to catch; to grab, to grasp; to seize; to be arrested or frozen (by a notion or emotion); to surprise, to run into, to find out (someone in the act of wrongdoing, someone in hiding)
handful (amount held in hand); handful (a small number); handshake; grip (part of an object someone grips); handle (of a door, drawer, suitcase), hilt (of a sword)
Dutch reach (technique for opening a motor vehicle door to avoid striking (“dooring”) passing cyclists or other road users by reaching across the body for the door latch with the more distant hand)