catch
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/kæt͡ʃ/]
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1. catch (noun) — sense 1
Definition: The act of seizing or capturing.
Example: The catch of the perpetrator was the product of a year of police work.
2. catch (noun) — sense 2
Definition: The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
Example: The player made an impressive catch.
3. catch (noun) — sense 3
Definition: The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
Example: Good catch. I never would have remembered that.
4. catch (verb) — sense 4
Definition: To capture, overtake.: To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
Example: I hope I catch a fish.
5. catch (verb) — sense 5
Definition: To capture, overtake.: To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
Example: And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.
6. catch (verb) — sense 6
Definition: To capture, overtake.: To marry or enter into a similar relationship with.
Example: The public[…]said that Miss Bogardus was a suffragist because she had never caught a man; that she wanted something, but it wasn't the vote.
Structure of the word
Roots:- kap (Proto-Indo-European)
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