Catch meanings. All definitions of Catch

verb catch If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device. 3

verb catch If you catch an object that is moving through the air, you seize it with your hands. 3

verb catch Catch is also a noun. 3

verb catch If you catch a part of someone's body, you take or seize it with your hand, often in order to stop them going somewhere. 3

verb catch If one thing catches another, it hits it accidentally or manages to hit it. 3

verb catch If something catches on or in an object or if an object catches something, it accidentally becomes attached to the object or stuck in it. 3

verb catch When you catch a bus, train, or plane, you get on it in order to travel somewhere. 3

verb catch If you catch someone doing something wrong, you see or find them doing it. 3

verb catch If you catch yourself doing something, especially something surprising, you suddenly become aware that you are doing it. 3

verb catch If you catch something or catch a glimpse of it, you notice it or manage to see it briefly. 3

verb catch If you catch something that someone has said, you manage to hear it. 3

verb catch If you catch a TV or radio programme or an event, you manage to see or listen to it. 3

verb catch If you catch someone, you manage to contact or meet them to talk to them, especially when they are just about to go somewhere else. 3

verb catch If something or someone catches you by surprise or at a bad time, you were not expecting them or do not feel able to deal with them. 3

verb catch If something catches your attention or your eye, you notice it or become interested in it. 3

verb catch If someone or something catches a mood or an atmosphere, they successfully represent it or reflect it. 3

passive verb catch If you are caught in a storm or other unpleasant situation, it happens when you cannot avoid its effects. 3

passive verb catch If you are caught between two alternatives or two people, you do not know which one to choose or follow. 3

verb catch If you catch a cold or a disease, you become ill with it. 3

verb catch To catch liquids or small pieces that fall from somewhere means to collect them in a container. 3

verb catch If something catches the light or if the light catches it, it reflects the light and looks bright or shiny. 3

verb catch If the wind or water catches something, it carries or pushes it along. 3

countable noun catch A catch on a window, door, or container is a device that fastens it. 3

countable noun catch A catch is a hidden problem or difficulty in a plan or an offer that seems surprisingly good. 3

countable noun catch When people have been fishing, their catch is the total number of fish that they have caught. 3

singular noun catch If you describe someone as a good catch, you mean that they have lots of good qualities and you think their partner or employer is very lucky to have found them. 3

uncountable noun catch Catch is a game in which children throw a ball to each other. 3

uncountable noun catch Catch is a game in which one child chases other children and tries to touch or catch one of them. 3

verb catch to take hold of so as to retain or restrain 3

verb catch to take, seize, or capture, esp after pursuit 3

verb catch to ensnare or deceive, as by trickery 3

verb catch to surprise or detect in an act 3

verb catch to reach with a blow 3

verb catch to overtake or reach in time to board 3

verb catch to see or hear; attend 3

verb catch to be infected with 3

verb catch to hook or entangle or become hooked or entangled 3

verb catch to fasten or be fastened with or as if with a latch or other device 3

verb catch to attract or arrest 3

verb catch to comprehend 3

verb catch to hear accurately 3

verb catch to captivate or charm 3

verb catch to perceive and reproduce accurately 3

verb catch to hold back or restrain 3

verb catch to become alight 3

verb catch to dismiss (a batsman) by intercepting and holding a ball struck by him before it touches the ground 3

verb catch to grasp or attempt to grasp 3

verb catch to take advantage (of), esp eagerly 3

verb catch to make pregnant 3

noun catch the act of catching or grasping 3

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