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Definition of Catch

Catch 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. To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief. To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish. Hence: To insnare; to entangle. To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody. To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the adjoining building. To engage and attach; to please; to charm. To get possession of; to attain. 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. To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing. To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train. To attain possession. 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. To take hold; as, the bolt does not catch. To spread by, or as by, infecting; to communicate. Act of seizing; a grasp. That by which anything is caught or temporarily fastened; as, the catch of a gate. 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. That which is caught or taken; profit; gain; especially, the whole quantity caught or taken at one time; as, a good catch of fish. Something desirable to be caught, esp. a husband or wife in matrimony. Passing opportunities seized; snatches. A slight remembrance; a trace. A humorous canon or round, so contrived that the singers catch up each other's words. Related Definitions: Act, Adjoining, After, An, And, Anything, Apprehend, Arrest, As, At, Attach, Attain, Ball, Be, Bird, Bolt, Building, By, Canon, Captive, Catch, Caught, Charm, Cold, Come, Communicate, Contagion, Contrived, Desirable, Does, Door, Each, Effect, Engage, Entangle, Entanglement, Especially, Exposure, Fasten, Fastened, Find, Fire, Fish, Gain, Gate, Get, Good, Grasp, Hand, He, Held, Hence, Hold, Holding, Hook, House, Humorous, Husband, Impeded, In, Infecting, Infection, Insnare, Is, Kite, Lay, Lie, Light, Matrimony, Measles, Melody, Mind, Motion, Net, Not, Obstruction, Occasion, Of, On, One, Open, Opportunities, Opportunity, Or, Other, Passing, Please, Possession, Posture, Preparation, Profit, Pursuing, Quantity, Reach, Receive, Remembrance, Round, Seize, Seized, Seizing, Slight, Smallpox, Snare, So, Something, Spirit, Spread, State, Stealing, Surprise, Sympathy, Take, Taken, Temporarily, That, The, Thief, Time, To, Trace, Train, Tree, Up, Upon, Watching, Which, Whole, Wife, With

Catch Quotations Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up. Red Auerbach Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. Vince Lombardi The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. Benjamin Franklin You know when they have a fishing show on TV? They catch the fish and then let it go. They don't want to eat the fish, they just want to make it late for something. Mitch Hedberg The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. Benjamin Franklin

Catch Translations catch in Afrikaans is vang, vat, tref catch in Danish is fange catch in Dutch is aanfloepen, aanflitsen, aangaan catch in French is attrapez, s'allumer, capturer, intercepter catch in German is fangen, auffangen, fangen, erwischen catch in Italian is accalappiare, cogliere catch in Portuguese is prendedor catch in Spanish is capturar

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