Catch

Definition:

(v. t.) To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.
(v. t.) To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief.
(v. t.) To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish.
(v. t.) Hence: To insnare; to entangle.
(v. t.) To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody.
(v. t.) To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the adjoining building.
(v. t.) To engage and attach; to please; to charm.
(v. t.) To get possession of; to attain.
(v. t.) To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold; the house caught fire.
(v. t.) To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing.
(v. t.) To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train.
(v. i.) To attain possession.
(v. i.) To be held or impeded by entanglement or a light obstruction; as, a kite catches in a tree; a door catches so as not to open.
(v. i.) To take hold; as, the bolt does not catch.
(v. i.) To spread by, or as by, infecting; to communicate.
(n.) Act of seizing; a grasp.
(n.) That by which anything is caught or temporarily fastened; as, the catch of a gate.
(n.) The posture of seizing; a state of preparation to lay hold of, or of watching he opportunity to seize; as, to lie on the catch.
(n.) That which is caught or taken; profit; gain; especially, the whole quantity caught or taken at one time; as, a good catch of fish.
(n.) Something desirable to be caught, esp. a husband or wife in matrimony.
(n.) Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
(n.) A slight remembrance; a trace.
(n.) A humorous canon or round, so contrived that the singers catch up each other's words.

Compare catch with other words:

catch vs. tatch

catch vs. scatch

catch vs. cratch

catch vs. ratch

catch vs. cutch

catch vs. natch

catch vs. patch

catch vs. match

catch vs. hatch

catch vs. suffer

catch vs. follow

catch vs. hallier

beclap vs. catch

catch vs. overcatch

catch vs. overget

beclip vs. catch

catch vs. illaqueate

birdcatcher vs. catch

betrap vs. catch

accelerate vs. catch

catch vs. grapple

catch vs. obtain

bloke vs. catch

catch vs. pursue

catch vs. clutch

catch vs. principal

catch vs. crabbing

catch vs. combust

benet vs. catch

catch vs. mobile

catch vs. fisherman

captor vs. catch

catch vs. trigger

catch vs. cobweb

catch vs. sneck

catch vs. furcula

catch vs. catching

catch vs. lasso

catch vs. trawler

catch vs. fielder

catch vs. keeper

catch vs. caught

catch vs. fishing

catch vs. chase

catch vs. dolly

arrest vs. catch

catch vs. contract

catch vs. garbage

catch vs. glove

apprehend vs. catch

catch vs. catchable

catch vs. release

attract vs. catch

catch vs. entrance

catch vs. charm

catch vs. reproduce

catch vs. watch

catch vs. perceive

catch vs. serve

acquire vs. catch

catch vs. infect

catch vs. receive

catch vs. catcher

catch vs. opportunity

catch vs. exception

catch vs. shore

catch vs. convey

catch vs. spread

catch vs. stick

catch vs. impede

catch vs. engage

catch vs. entangle

breath vs. catch

catch vs. sleep

catch vs. seize

catch vs. replenish

catch vs. pregnant

catch vs. travel

catch vs. surprise

catch vs. discover

catch vs. overtake

catch vs. strike

catch vs. relationship

catch vs. marry

catch vs. deceive

catch vs. snare

catch vs. entrap

catch vs. catchy

catch vs. chorus

burden vs. catch

catch vs. snippet

catch vs. hitch

catch vs. gimmick

catch vs. trick

catch vs. problem

catch vs. latch

catch vs. chock

catch vs. conquest

catch vs. prize

catch vs. observation

catch vs. grasp

catch vs. collar

capture vs. catch

catch vs. seizure

catch vs. cough

catch vs. refrain

catch vs. troll

catch vs. jocund

catch vs. round

bawdy vs. catch

catch vs. ketch

ambush vs. catch

catch vs. germinate

catch vs. readiness

catch vs. music

catch vs. poetry

catch vs. fragment

catch vs. crick

catch vs. negotiation

catch vs. difficulty

catch vs. hesitation

catch vs. clasp

catch vs. spouse

catch vs. mechanism

catch vs. understand

catch vs. object

catch vs. seizing

angle vs. catch