CPage 134
- English Word Catch Definition To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief.
- English Word Catch Definition To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish.
- English Word Catch Definition Hence: To insnare; to entangle.
- English Word Catch Definition To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody.
- English Word Catch Definition To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the adjoining building.
- English Word Catch Definition To engage and attach; to please; to charm.
- English Word Catch Definition To get possession of; to attain.
- English Word Catch Definition 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.
- English Word Catch Definition To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing.
- English Word Catch Definition To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train.
- English Word Catch Definition To attain possession.
- English Word Catch Definition 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.
- English Word Catch Definition To take hold; as, the bolt does not catch.
- English Word Catch Definition To spread by, or as by, infecting; to communicate.
- English Word Catch Definition Act of seizing; a grasp.
- English Word Catch Definition That by which anything is caught or temporarily fastened; as, the catch of a gate.
- English Word Catch Definition 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.
- English Word Catch Definition That which is caught or taken; profit; gain; especially, the whole quantity caught or taken at one time; as, a good catch of fish.
- English Word Catch Definition Something desirable to be caught, esp. a husband or wife in matrimony.
- English Word Catch Definition Passing opportunities seized; snatches.