Definición de catch

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

catch

(kætʃ )

Formas de la palabra:plural, 3rd person singular present tense catches , present participle catching , past tense, past participle caught

1. verbo

If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.

Police say they are confident of catching the gunman. [VERB noun]

Where did you catch the fish? [VERB noun]

I wondered if it was an animal caught in a trap. [VERB-ed]

Sinónimos:capture, arrest, trap, seize Más sinónimos de catch

2. verbo

If you catch an object that is moving through the air, you seize it with your hands.

I jumped up to catch a ball and fell over. [VERB noun]

Sinónimos:seize, get, grab, snatch Más sinónimos de catch

Catch is also a noun.

He missed the catch and the match was lost.

3. verbo

If you catch a part of someone's body, you take or seize it with your hand, often in order to stop them going somewhere.

Liz caught his arm. [VERB noun]

He knelt beside her and caught her hand in both of his. [VERB noun preposition]

Garrido caught her by the wrist. [VERB noun preposition]

Sinónimos:grab, take, grip, seize Más sinónimos de catch

4. verbo

If one thing catches another, it hits it accidentally or manages to hit it.

The stinging slap almost caught his face. [VERB noun]

I may have caught him with my elbow but it was just an accident. [VERB noun + with]

He caught her on the side of her head with his other fist. [VERB noun + on]

Sinónimos:hit, strike, bang, clip [informal] Más sinónimos de catch

5. verbo

If something catches on or in an object or if an object catches something, it accidentally becomes attached to the object or stuck in it.

Her ankle caught on a root, and she almost lost her balance. [VERB preposition]

A man caught his foot in the lawnmower. [VERB noun preposition]

Sinónimos:become trapped, snag, become entangled Más sinónimos de catch

6. verbo

When you catch a bus, train, or plane, you get on it in order to travel somewhere.

We were in plenty of time for Anthony to catch the ferry. [VERB noun]

He caught a taxi to Harrods. [VERB noun preposition]

Sinónimos:board, make, get on Más sinónimos de catch

7. verbo

If you catch someone doing something wrong, you see or find them doing it.

He caught a youth breaking into a car. [VERB noun verb-ing]

I don't want to catch you pushing yourself into the picture to get some personal publicity. [V n -ing]

They caught him on camera doing it more than once. [VERB noun preposition]

Sinónimos:discover, surprise, find out, expose Más sinónimos de catch

8. verbo

If you catch yourself doing something, especially something surprising, you suddenly become aware that you are doing it.

I caught myself feeling almost sorry for poor Mr Laurence. [V pron-refl v-ing]

9. verbo

If you catch something or catch a glimpse of it, you notice it or manage to see it briefly.

As she turned back, she caught the puzzled look on her mother's face. [VERB noun]

He caught a glimpse of the man's face in a shop window. [VERB noun]

Sinónimos:notice, see, note, spot Más sinónimos de catch

10. verbo

If you catch something that someone has said, you manage to hear it.

His ears caught a faint cry. [VERB noun]

I do not believe I caught your name. [VERB noun]

The men out in the corridor were trying to catch what they said. [VERB wh]

11. verbo

If you catch a TV or radio programme or an event, you manage to see or listen to it.

Bill turns on the radio to catch the local news. [VERB noun]

The exhibition is on at Droitwich until May 24. You can also catch it at Leominster from June 5. [VERB noun]

12. verbo

If you catch someone, you manage to contact or meet them to talk to them, especially when they are just about to go somewhere else.

I dialled Elizabeth's number thinking I might catch her before she left for work. [VERB noun]

Hello, Dolph. Glad I caught you. [VERB noun]

13. verbo

If something or someone catches you by surprise or at a bad time, you were not expecting them or do not feel able to deal with them.

She looked as if the photographer had caught her by surprise. [VERB noun preposition]

I'm sorry but I just cannot say anything. You've caught me at a bad time. [VERB noun preposition]

The sheer number of spectators has caught everyone unprepared. [VERB noun adjective]

14. verbo

If something catches your attention or your eye, you notice it or become interested in it.

My shoes caught his attention. [VERB noun]

A quick movement across the aisle caught his eye. [VERB noun]

15. verbo

If someone or something catches a mood or an atmosphere, they successfully represent it or reflect it.

16. verbo pasivo

If you are caught in a storm or other unpleasant situation, it happens when you cannot avoid its effects.

When he was fishing off the island he was caught in a storm and almost drowned. [be/get V-ed + in]

Visitors to the area were caught between police and the rioters. [be V-ed + between]

17. verbo pasivo

If you are caught between two alternatives or two people, you do not know which one to choose or follow.

The Jordanian leader is caught between both sides in the dispute. [be V-ed + between]

She was caught between envy and admiration. [be V-ed + between]

18. verbo

If you catch a cold or a disease, you become ill with it.

The more stress you are under, the more likely you are to catch a cold. [VERB noun]

Sinónimos:contract, get, develop, suffer from Más sinónimos de catch

19. verbo

To catch liquids or small pieces that fall from somewhere means to collect them in a container.

The fish is laid out on a large serving plate to catch the juices. [VERB noun]

...a specially designed breadboard with a tray to catch the crumbs. [VERB noun]

20. verbo

If something catches the light or if the light catches it, it reflects the light and looks bright or shiny.

They saw the ship's guns, catching the light of the moon. [VERB noun]

Often a fox goes across the road in front of me and I just catch it in the headlights. [VERB noun + in]

21. verbo

If the wind or water catches something, it carries or pushes it along.

A gust of wind caught the parachute. [VERB noun]

22. sustantivo contable

A catch on a window, door, or container is a device that fastens it.

She fiddled with the catch of her bag. [+ of]

Fit windows with safety locks or catches.

Sinónimos:fastener, hook, clip, bolt Más sinónimos de catch

23. sustantivo contable [usually singular]

A catch is a hidden problem or difficulty in a plan or an offer that seems surprisingly good.

The catch is that you work for your supper, and the food and accommodation can be very basic.

'It's your money. You deserve it.'—'What's the catch?'

24. sustantivo contable

When people have been fishing, their catch is the total number of fish that they have caught.

The catch included one fish over 18 pounds.

Sinónimos:haul, net, bag Más sinónimos de catch

25. sustantivo singular

If you describe someone as a good catch, you mean that they have lots of good qualities and you think their partner or employer is very lucky to have found them.

[informal]

I was so in love with him and all my friends said what a good catch he was.

Sinónimos:marriage prospect, match Más sinónimos de catch

26. sustantivo incontable

Catch is a game in which children throw a ball to each other.

27. sustantivo incontable

Catch is a game in which one child chases other children and tries to touch or catch one of them.

28. See also catching

29.

you wouldn't/won't catch me

30.

to catch sb with their trousers/pants down

31. to catch your breath

32. to catch fire

33. to catch hold of something

34. to be caught between a rock and a hard place

35. to be caught short

36. to catch sight of something

Verbos con partícula:

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Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

catch in American

(kætʃ ; kach; kɛtʃ ; kech)

verbo transitivoFormas de la palabra:caught or ˈcatching

to seize and hold, as after a chase; capture

to seize or take by or as by a trap, snare, etc.

to deceive; ensnare

to discover by taking unawares; surprise in some act

to be caught stealing

to strike suddenly; hit

the blow caught him in the arm

to overtake or get to in time; be in time for

to catch a train

to intercept the motion or action of; lay hold of; grab or snatch

to catch a ball

to take or get as by chance or quickly

to catch someone's attention, to catch a glimpse

b. Informal

to manage to see, hear, find, etc.

to catch a radio program

to take or get passively; incur or contract without intention, as by exposure

to catch the mumps

10.

to take in with one's mind or senses; understand; apprehend

to show an understanding of by depicting

the statue catches her beauty

11.

to captivate; charm

12.

to cause to be entangled or snagged

to catch one's heel in a rug

13. Baseball

to act as catcher for (a specified pitcher, a specified game, etc.)

verbo intransitivo

14.

to become held, fastened, or entangled

her sleeve caught on a nail

15.

to take hold or spread, as fire

16.

to take fire; burn

17.

to take and keep hold, as a lock

18.

to act or serve as a catcher

sustantivo

19.

the act of catching

20.

a thing that catches or holds

21.

the person or thing caught

22.

the amount caught

23.

a person worth catching, esp. as a husband or wife

24.

a snatch, scrap, or fragment

catches of old tunes

25.

a break in the voice, caused by emotion

26. US

an exercise or a simple game consisting of throwing and catching a ball

27. US, Informal

a hidden qualification; tricky condition

a catch in his offer

28. Music

a round for three or more unaccompanied voices

29. Sport

a catching of a ball in a specified manner

30. Baseball

the catching of a ball in flight and holding it firmly

adjetivo

31.

designed to trick; tricky

a catch question on an exam

32.

attracting or meant to attract attention or interest

Modismos:

SYNONYMY NOTE: catch, the most general term here, refers to a seizing or taking of a person or thing, whether by skill or cunning, and usually implies pursuit; , capture stresses seizure by force or stratagem [to capture an outlaw]; nab, an informal word, specifically implies a sudden or quick taking into custody [the police nabbed the thief]; trap1, snare both imply the literal or figurative use of a device for catching a person or animal and suggest a situation from which escape is difficult or impossible [to trap a bear, snared by their false promises]

Origen de la palabra catch

ME cacchen < Anglo-Fr cachier < VL *captiare < L captare, to seize < pp. of capere, to take hold: see have

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

catch in British

(kætʃ )

verboFormas de la palabra:catches, catching or caught

1. (transitive)

to take hold of so as to retain or restrain

he caught the ball

2. (transitive)

to take, seize, or capture, esp after pursuit

3. (transitive)

to ensnare or deceive, as by trickery

4. (transitive)

to surprise or detect in an act

he caught the dog rifling the larder

5. (transitive)

to reach with a blow

the stone caught him on the side of the head

6. (transitive)

to overtake or reach in time to board

if we hurry we should catch the next bus

7. (transitive)

to see or hear; attend

I didn't catch the Ibsen play

8. (transitive)

to be infected with

to catch a cold

to hook or entangle or become hooked or entangled

her dress caught on a nail

10.

to fasten or be fastened with or as if with a latch or other device

11. (transitive)

to attract or arrest

she tried to catch his eye

12. (transitive)

to comprehend

I didn't catch his meaning

13. (transitive)

to hear accurately

I didn't catch what you said

14. (transitive)

to captivate or charm

15. (transitive)

to perceive and reproduce accurately

the painter managed to catch his model's beauty

16. (transitive)

to hold back or restrain

he caught his breath in surprise

17. (intransitive)

to become alight

the fire won't catch

18. (transitive) cricket

to dismiss (a batsman) by intercepting and holding a ball struck by him or her before it touches the ground

19. (intransitive; often foll by at)

to grasp or attempt to grasp

to take advantage (of), esp eagerly

he caught at the chance

20. (used passively) informal

to make pregnant

21. catch it

22. catch oneself on

sustantivo

23.

the act of catching or grasping

24.

a device that catches and fastens, such as a latch

25.

anything that is caught, esp something worth catching

26.

the amount or number caught

27. informal

a person regarded as an eligible matrimonial prospect

28.

a check or break in the voice

29.

a break in a mechanism

30. informal

a concealed, unexpected, or unforeseen drawback or handicap

(as modifier)

a catch question

31.

a game in which a ball is thrown from one player to another

32. cricket

the catching of a ball struck by a batsman before it touches the ground, resulting in him or her being out

33. 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

round (sense 31), canon1 (sense 7)

Formas derivadas

catchable (ˈcatchable)

adjetivo

Origen de la palabra catch

C13 cacchen to pursue, from Old Northern French cachier, from Latin captāre to snatch, from capere to seize

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We bought a trap and managed to catch one. The Sun (2016)Some traders are nervous about being caught out by another crash. Times, Sunday Times (2016)You come off set and there will be hundreds of people hoping to catch a glimpse. Times, Sunday Times (2016)It was lucky that the police did not catch him. Times, Sunday Times (2016)Here's where you might just catch a glimpse of the royals this year. The Sun (2016)I caught sight of it at the last minute and just managed to get something on it. The Sun (2016)Catching fish is a bonus. Times, Sunday Times (2016)Last random act of kindness putting back a small cod I caught fishing in Scotland. Times, Sunday Times (2016)I thought I was a good catch. The Sun (2017)They just caught the light of the moment. The Times Literary Supplement (2011)Language should not be regarded as a means of catching people out. Times, Sunday Times (2013)But the promotion favourites were almost caught out after missing a whole host of chances. The Sun (2012)We found out that you have to study what kind of fly catches each fish. Christianity Today (2000)You use the internet for the essentials but no one would catch you logging on for fun. The Sun (2015)You have a group of good people caught up in a system that has become corrupt. Times, Sunday Times (2015)The chance of being caught up in something like this is remote. The Sun (2014)Then one of them caught sight of him. Oscar Wilde The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888)Neither man can be expected to catch a glimpse of the shining city on the hill. Times, Sunday Times (2015)The police caught the guys quickly enough. Times, Sunday Times (2007)On his best fishing weekend he caught two salmon. Times, Sunday Times (2011)The dog was caught and taken to secure kennels. Times, Sunday Times (2016)Many would instead get caught in storms and sink. Times, Sunday Times (2016)This time they caught us by surprise. Times, Sunday Times (2006)You leave a room and are pulled back by clothes caught on the door handle. The Sun (2015)It helps catch criminals and offers protection to the public. Times, Sunday Times (2015)He is 35, caught somewhere between the autumn and winter of his career. Times, Sunday Times (2016)