Definition of catch

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Catch (n.) That by which anything is caught or temporarily fastened; as, the catch of a gate..

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Taker :: Taker (n.) One who takes or receives; one who catches or apprehends.
Captious :: Captious (a.) Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.
Trigger :: Trigger (n.) A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To get possession of; to attain.
Pot :: Pot (n.) A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc..
Insectivorous :: Insectivorous (a.) plants which have some special adaptation for catching and digesting insects, as the sundew, Venus's flytrap, Sarracenia, etc..
Insnare :: Insnare (v. t.) To catch in a snare; to entrap; to take by artificial means.
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..
Ney :: Ney (n.) Anything designed or fitted to entrap or catch; a snare; any device for catching and holding.
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..
Haul :: Haul (n.) A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul..
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..
Catchup :: Catchup (n.) Alt. of Catsu.
Troll :: Troll (n.) A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch; a round.
Battery :: Battery (v. t.) The pitcher and catcher together.
Swoop :: Swoop (n.) To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken..
Manovery :: Manovery (n.) A contrivance or maneuvering to catch game illegally.
Snap :: Snap (v. i.) To make an effort to bite; to aim to seize with the teeth; to catch eagerly (at anything); -- often with at; as, a dog snapsat a passenger; a fish snaps at the bait..
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..
Inviscate :: Inviscate (v. t.) To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter.
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