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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Fishery :: Fishery (n.) The business or practice of catching fish; fishing.
Birdcatcher :: Birdcatcher (n.) One whose employment it is to catch birds; a fowler.
Fang :: Fang (a.) To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch..
Catchfly :: Catchfly (n.) A plant with the joints of the stem, and sometimes other parts, covered with a viscid secretion to which small insects adhere. The species of Silene are examples of the catchfly..
Spattling-poppy :: Spattling-poppy (n.) A kind of catchfly (Silene inflata) which is sometimes frothy from the action of captured insects.
Enmesh :: Enmesh (v. t.) To catch or entangle in, or as in, meshes..
Scramble :: Scramble (v. i.) To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.
Crabbing :: Crabbing (n.) The act or art of catching crabs.
Contagious :: Contagious (a.) Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease..
Mesh :: Mesh (v. t.) To catch in a mesh.
Fish :: Fish (v. t.) To try with a fishing rod; to catch fish in; as, to fish a stream..
Angle :: Angle (n.) A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod..
Inviscate :: Inviscate (v. t.) To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter.
Retiary :: Retiary (n.) Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.
Catchpoll :: Catchpoll (n.) A bailiff's assistant.
Noose :: Noose (v. t.) To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare.
Scatch :: Scatch (n.) A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; -- called also scatchmouth.
Tag :: Tag (n.) The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue..
Sea Pie :: Sea pie () The oyster catcher, a limicoline bird of the genus Haematopus..
Kingbird :: Kingbird (n.) A small American bird (Tyrannus tyrannus, or T. Carolinensis), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles, especially when they approach its nest in the breeding season. It is a typical tyrant flycatcher, taking various insects upon the wing. It is dark ash above, and blackish on the head and tail. The quills and wing coverts are whitish at the edges. It is white beneath, with a white terminal band on the tail. The feathers on the head of the adults show
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