Definition of catch

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Catch (v. t.) To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody..

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Hunt :: Hunt (v. t.) To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer..
Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp..
Catch :: Catch (v. i.) To take hold; as, the bolt does not catch..
Catchment :: Catchment (n.) A surface of ground on which water may be caught and collected into a reservoir.
Pilot :: Pilot (n.) The cowcatcher of a locomotive.
Fang :: Fang (a.) To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch..
Catch :: Catch (n.) A slight remembrance; a trace.
Bait :: Bait (v. i.) Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net..
Turtling :: Turtling (n.) The act, practice, or art of catching turtles..
Aard-vark :: Aard-vark (n.) An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue..
Land :: Land (v. t.) To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a fish..
Save-all :: Save-all (n.) A small sail sometimes set under the foot of another sail, to catch the wind that would pass under it..
Glimpse :: Glimpse (v. i.) to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses.
Retiary :: Retiary (a.) Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; -- said of certain spiders..
Bolt :: Bolt (n.) A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key..
Ensnare :: Ensnare (v. t.) To catch in a snare. See Insnare.
Pant :: Pant (n.) A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
Espy :: Espy (v. t.) To catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to discover, as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to notice; to see at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to spy; as, to espy land; to espy a man in a crowd..
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief..
Troll :: Troll (v. t.) To sing the parts of in succession, as of a round, a catch, and the like; also, to sing loudly or freely..
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