Word Frequency
catch (kætʃ
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Definitions
verb
Word forms: catches, catching, caught
- tr to take hold of so as to retain or restrain ⇒
he caught the ball
- tr to take, seize, or capture, esp after pursuit
- tr to ensnare or deceive, as by trickery
- tr to surprise or detect in an act ⇒
he caught the dog rifling the larder
- tr to reach with a blow ⇒
the stone caught him on the side of the head
- tr to overtake or reach in time to board ⇒
if we hurry we should catch the next bus
- tr to see or hear; attend ⇒
I didn't catch the Ibsen play
- tr to be infected with ⇒
to catch a cold
- to hook or entangle or become hooked or entangled ⇒
her dress caught on a nail
- to fasten or be fastened with or as if with a latch or other device
- tr to attract or arrest ⇒
she tried to catch his eye
- tr to comprehend ⇒
I didn't catch his meaning
- tr to hear accurately ⇒
I didn't catch what you said
- tr to captivate or charm
- tr to perceive and reproduce accurately ⇒
the painter managed to catch his model's beauty
- tr to hold back or restrain ⇒
he caught his breath in surprise
- intr to become alight ⇒
the fire won't catch
- tr (cricket) to dismiss (a batsman) by intercepting and holding a ball struck by him before it touches the ground
- intr often foll by at
- to grasp or attempt to grasp
- to take advantage (of), esp eagerly ⇒
he caught at the chance
- intr; used passively (informal) to make pregnant
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See catch it
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See catch oneself on
noun
- the act of catching or grasping
- a device that catches and fastens, such as a latch
- anything that is caught, esp something worth catching
- the amount or number caught
- (informal) a person regarded as an eligible matrimonial prospect
- a check or break in the voice
- a break in a mechanism
- (informal)
- a concealed, unexpected, or unforeseen drawback or handicap
- (as modifier) ⇒
a catch question
- a game in which a ball is thrown from one player to another
- (cricket) the catching of a ball struck by a batsman before it touches the ground, resulting in him being out
- (music) a type of round popular in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, having a humorous text that is often indecent or bawdy and hard to articulate See round (sense 31), canon1 (sense 7)
Derived Forms
ˈcatchable adjectiveWord Origin
C13 cacchen to pursue, from Old Northern French cachier, from Latin captāre to snatch, from capere to seizeTranslations for 'catch'
- British English: catch If you catch a person or animal, you capture them.Police say they are confident of catching the man.kætʃ VERBcapture
- Arabic: يـُمْسِكُ بِ
- Brazilian Portuguese: pegar
- Chinese: 抓住
- Croatian: uhvatiti
- Czech: chytit chytat
- Danish: gribe
- Dutch: vangenopvangen
- European Spanish: atrapar
- Finnish: saada kiinni
- French: attraper
- German: fangen
- Greek: πιάνω
- Italian: prendere
- Japanese: つかまえる
- Korean: ...을 잡다
- Norwegian: få tak i
- Polish: złapać łapać
- Portuguese: apanhar
- Romanian: a prinde
- Russian: ловить
- Spanish: pillar
- Swedish: fånga
- Thai: จับได้ ฉวยจับ
- Turkish: yakalamak
- Ukrainian: ловити зловити
- Vietnamese: bắt
- British English: catchkætʃ If you catch something that is moving, you take hold of it while it is in the air.I tried to catch the ball. VERBball
- Arabic: يُـمْسِكُ بِ
- Brazilian Portuguese: pegar
- Chinese: 抓住
- Croatian: uhvatiti
- Czech: chytit chytat
- Danish: gribe
- Dutch: vangen
- European Spanish: agarrar
- Finnish: siepata
- French: attraper
- German: fangen
- Greek: πιάνω
- Italian: afferrare
- Japanese: ･･･を捕る
- Korean: 잡다
- Norwegian: fange
- Polish: łapać złapać
- Portuguese: apanhar
- Romanian: a prinde
- Russian: поймать
- Spanish: atrapar
- Swedish: fånga
- Thai: จับ
- Turkish: yakalamak
- Ukrainian: ловити зловити
- Vietnamese: chộp lấy
- British English: catchkætʃ If you catch a bus or a train, you get on it.We caught the bus to school. VERBbus, train
- Arabic: يَرْكَبُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: pegar
- Chinese: 赶车
- Croatian: uhvatiti
- Czech: nastoupit nastupovatdo vozidla
- Danish: nå
- Dutch: nemen
- European Spanish: tomar
- Finnish: nousta
- French: prendrele bus, le train
- German: nehmen
- Greek: προλαβαίνω
- Italian: prendere al volo
- Japanese: ･･･に乗る
- Korean: 따라잡다
- Norwegian: ta tok
- Polish: łapać złapać
- Portuguese: apanhar
- Romanian: a prinde
- Russian: остановить
- Spanish: tomarlocomoción
- Swedish: ta
- Thai: ขึ้นรถ
- Turkish: binmek
- Ukrainian: сідати на сісти на
- Vietnamese: lên xe
- British English: catchkætʃ If you catch an illness, you become ill with it.He caught measles. VERBillness
- Arabic: أُصِيبَ بِ
- Brazilian Portuguese: pegar
- Chinese: 染病
- Croatian: zaraziti se
- Czech: chytit chytatnemoc
- Danish: få
- Dutch: krijgen
- European Spanish: contraer
- Finnish: saada
- French: attraperune maladie
- German: erkranken an
- Greek: κολλώ
- Italian: contrarre
- Japanese: ･･･に感染する
- Korean: 병에 걸리다
- Norwegian: få fikk
- Polish: złapać zarazić się
- Portuguese: apanhar
- Romanian: a se molipsi
- Russian: подцепить
- Spanish: contagiarse
- Swedish: få
- Thai: ป่วยเป็นโรค
- Turkish: kapmak
- Ukrainian: захворіти на
- Vietnamese: bị bệnh
Example Sentences Including 'catch'
Anonymity allows lazy and hopeless service providers to exist and catch other innocent customers.Glasgow Herald (2001)
As we run to catch the train, I hear a shout and turn to find Arnaud fumbling for his camera.Glasgow Herald (2001)
I'd forgotten that he'd probably end up at Paddington this morning to catch his train back home.THE EXECUTION (2002)
Look at what Diouf was able to achieve holding the ball up and giving his team time to catch their breath.Irish Times (2002)
Most gardens shut at dusk anyway, but do try and catch a sunset.Country Life (2004)
She could see Dee understood her instantly but Follows was a little slower to catch on.CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001)
They began to walk down towards Railway Square, where they would catch a bus for home.YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)
To me, dinner is a time to socialize and catch up, not cook or do dishes!BE YOUR BEST: How Anyone can become Fit, Healthy and Confident (2002)
Webster's says it means, in baseball, to chase after and catch balls in batting practice.Globe and Mail (2003)
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