Catch
Definition of Catch
v. t. | 1. | | | 1. | 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. | | 2. | To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief. | | 3. | To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish. | | 4. | Hence: To insnare; to entangle. | | 5. | To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody. | | 6. | To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the adjoining building. | | 7. | To engage and attach; to please; to charm. | | 8. | To get possession of; to attain. | | 9. | 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. | | 10. | To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing. | | 11. | To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train. | v. i. | 1. | To attain possession. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | To take hold; as, the bolt does not catch. | | 4. | To spread by, or as by, infecting; to communicate.To catch up with | to come up with; to overtake. - Addison. |
| n. | 1. | Act of seizing; a grasp. | | 2. | That by which anything is caught or temporarily fastened; as, the catch of a gate. | | 3. | 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. | | 4. | That which is caught or taken; profit; gain; especially, the whole quantity caught or taken at one time; as, a good catch of fish. | | 5. | Something desirable to be caught, esp. a husband or wife in matrimony. | | 6. | Passing opportunities seized; snatches. | | 7. | A slight remembrance; a trace. | | 8. | (Mus.) A humorous canon or round, so contrived that the singers catch up each other's words. |
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