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capture
Verb
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If you capture a person or animal, you catch them and do not let them go free.
Keith Maupin is the first American soldier captured in Iraq.
The boys captured a frog, but let it go.
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If an army, a team, etc. captures a place or an object, it takes control of it.
The Christians captured the holy city of Jerusalem.
My rook was captured.
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If you capture an image, a sound, or a feeling, you show it clearly in your picture, movie, art, etc.
She captured the beautiful scenery of the hills with her camera.
His film adaptation captured the spirit of the original work.
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If something captures your imagination, it makes you interested in it.
A good science teacher captures the imagination of children with experiments.
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If somebody captures your heart, you fall in love with them.
The beautiful sight of the daffodils captured Wordsworth's heart.
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If something captures the headlines, it is a big story in the news.
capture
Noun
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The capture of something is when you get it and do not let it go free.
The capture of the thief was well planned.
She died just 18 days after her capture.
hole
Noun
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A hole is an empty space in an object or material.
He fell into the water through a hole in the ice.
They dug a hole in the ground for the tree.
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In golf, a hole is the place you tried to hit the ball into.
It took four shots to get the ball in the hole.