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The Meaning of catch
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(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.
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(v. t.) To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief.
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(v. t.) To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish.
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(v. t.) Hence: To insnare; to entangle.
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(v. t.) To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody.
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(v. t.) To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the adjoining building.
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(v. t.) To engage and attach; to please; to charm.
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(v. t.) To get possession of; to attain.
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(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.
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(v. t.) To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing.
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(v. t.) To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train.
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(v. i.) To attain possession.
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(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.
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(v. i.) To take hold; as, the bolt does not catch.
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(v. i.) To spread by, or as by, infecting; to communicate.
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(n.) Act of seizing; a grasp.
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(n.) That by which anything is caught or temporarily fastened; as, the catch of a gate.
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(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.
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(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.
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(n.) Something desirable to be caught, esp. a husband or wife in matrimony.
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(n.) Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
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(n.) A slight remembrance; a trace.
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(n.) A humorous canon or round, so contrived that the singers catch up each other's words.
Synonyms
gimmick
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haul
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match
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stop
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grab
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snatch
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snap
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apprehension
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arrest
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collar
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pinch
,
taking into custody
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pick up
,
get
,
grab
,
take hold of
,
get
,
capture
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hitch
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arrest
,
get
,
capture
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overtake
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catch up with
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take in
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overhear
,
watch
,
view
,
see
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take in
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trip up
,
get
,
get
,
get
,
capture
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enamour
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trance
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becharm
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enamor
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captivate
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beguile
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charm
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fascinate
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bewitch
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entrance
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enchant
,
get
Antonyms
unhitch
Homophones
tkach
Rhymes
attach
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bache
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batch
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brach
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bratsch
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cratch
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detach
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dispatch
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drach
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flach
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fratch
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gach
,
gatch
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hach
,
hatch
,
krach
,
lach
,
lache
,
latch
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latsch
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mache
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match
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matsch
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mismatch
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natch
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overmatch
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patch
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potlatch
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ratch
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reattach
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rematch
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scratch
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slatch
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smatch
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snatch
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stach
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tache
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tatsch
,
thach
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thatch
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tkach
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unattach
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vlach