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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Cue :: Cue (n.) The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to speak; any word or words which serve to remind a player to speak or to do something; a catchword..
Heck :: Heck (n.) A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
Catchment :: Catchment (n.) A surface of ground on which water may be caught and collected into a reservoir.
Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp..
Sea Pie :: Sea pie () The oyster catcher, a limicoline bird of the genus Haematopus..
Flytrap :: Flytrap (n.) A trap for catching flies.
Lasso :: Lasso (n.) A rope or long thong of leather with, a running noose, used for catching horses, cattle, etc..
Troll :: Troll (v. t.) To fish in; to seek to catch fish from.
Fishy :: Fishy (a.) Extravagant, like some stories about catching fish; improbable; also, rank or foul..
Bramble Net :: Bramble net () A net to catch birds.
Hitch :: Hitch (n.) The act of catching, as on a hook, etc..
Springe :: Springe (v. t.) To catch in a springe; to insnare.
Catch :: Catch (n.) Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
Fishery :: Fishery (n.) A place for catching fish.
Scatch :: Scatch (n.) A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; -- called also scatchmouth.
Enmesh :: Enmesh (v. t.) To catch or entangle in, or as in, meshes..
Catching :: Catching (a.) Infectious; contagious.
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue..
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) Hence: To insnare; to entangle.
Catch-basin :: Catch-basin (n.) A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matters which would not pass readily through the sewer..
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