Definition of catch

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of catch is as below...

Catch (v. i.) To spread by, or as by, infecting; to communicate..

Lern More About Catch

Bolt :: Bolt (n.) A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key..
Catch :: Catch (v. i.) To attain possession.
Snicker :: Snicker (v. i.) To laugh with audible catches of voice, as when persons attempt to suppress loud laughter..
Hent :: Hent (v. t.) To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get.
Catching :: Catching (n.) The act of seizing or taking hold of.
Clasp :: Clasp (n.) An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc..
Catch :: 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..
Fantail :: Fantail (n.) Any bird of the Australian genus Rhipidura, in which the tail is spread in the form of a fan during flight. They belong to the family of flycatchers..
Overcatch :: Overcatch (v. t.) To overtake.
Click :: Click (n.) A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel..
Grasping :: Grasping (a.) Seizing; embracing; catching.
Fastening :: Fastening (n.) Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc..
Pilot :: Pilot (n.) The cowcatcher of a locomotive.
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing..
Insnare :: Insnare (v. t.) To catch in a snare; to entrap; to take by artificial means.
Catch :: Catch (n.) Something desirable to be caught, esp. a husband or wife in matrimony..
Match :: Match (n.) Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood dipped at one end in a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium..
Nail :: Nail (n.) To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a bargain or to acquiescence in an argument or assertion; hence, to catch; to trap..
Catching :: Catching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Catc.
Deprehend :: Deprehend (v. t.) To take unwares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to catch; to apprehend..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us