to hold in one's arms; to embrace

to draw items toward oneself; to rake together

to pull or tuck up (sleeves, a skirt, etc.)

to extort or grab money; to racketeer

unit of measurement for the girth of a tree or pillar equivalent to the span of one's outstretched arms

(literary) to drag or pull together; to coerce

to calculate with an abacus; to check or audit accounts