Definition of catch

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Catch (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..

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Trip :: Trip (n.) A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing..
Fishery :: Fishery (n.) A place for catching fish.
Captious :: Captious (a.) Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.
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..
Hitch :: Hitch (v. t.) To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a halter..
Catch :: Catch (n.) Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
Lark :: Lark (v. i.) To catch larks; as, to go larking..
Catchup :: Catchup (n.) Alt. of Catsu.
Cog :: Cog (n.) A tooth, cam, or catch for imparting or receiving motion, as on a gear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a separate piece of wood set in a mortise in the face of a wheel..
Racket :: Racket (n.) A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in tennis and similar games..
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..
Swoop :: Swoop (n.) To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
Retiary :: Retiary (n.) Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.
Benet :: Benet (v. t.) To catch in a net; to insnare.
Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to the form..
Hook :: Hook (v. t.) To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout..
Mouser :: Mouser (n.) A cat that catches mice.
Overcatch :: Overcatch (v. t.) To overtake.
Olive :: Olive (n.) The oyster catcher.
Hallier :: Hallier (n.) A kind of net for catching birds.
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