Details of word CATCH

Definition of catch

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.

Word "catch" contains 5 letters : A C C H T

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