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catch English

Meaning catch meaning

What does catch mean?
Definitions in simple English

catch Noun

— A catch is something that is caught, like the fish a fishermen catches. My dad brought home a good catch of trout today. — A catch is old time word for a song. We sang a catch by Purcell.

catch Verb

— When you catch something, you stop and hold it. Can you catch a fish in your hands with no fish net? They caught the bad guys and locked them up.

catch

— verb discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state She caught her son eating candy She was caught shoplifting — verb (= pick up) perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily I caught the aroma of coffee He caught the allusion in her glance ears open to catch every sound The dog picked up the scent Catch a glimpse — verb (= get) reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot the rock caught her in the back of the head The blow got him in the back The punch caught him in the stomach — verb (= grab, take hold of) take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of Catch the ball! Grab the elevator door! — verb (= get) succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase We finally got the suspect Did you catch the thief? — verb to hook or entangle One foot caught in the stirrup — verb attract and fix His look caught her She caught his eye Catch the attention of the waiter — verb (= capture) capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping I caught a rabbit in the trap today — verb reach in time I have to catch a train at 7 o'clock — verb get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly Catch some sleep catch one's breath — verb be struck or affected by catch fire catch the mood — verb (= overtake, catch up with) catch up with and possibly overtake The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp — verb cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled I caught the hem of my dress in the brambles — verb (= get) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of did you catch that allusion? We caught something of his theory in the lecture don't catch your meaning did you get it? She didn't get the joke I just don't get him — verb (= overhear) hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers We overheard the conversation at the next table — verb check oneself during an action She managed to catch herself before telling her boss what was on her mind — noun a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident it sounds good but what's the catch? — verb contract did you catch a cold? — verb (= trip up) detect a blunder or misstep The reporter tripped up the senator — verb (= watch, view, see) see or watch view a show on television This program will be seen all over the world view an exhibition Catch a show on Broadway see a movie — verb suffer from the receipt of She will catch hell for this behavior! — verb (= get) perceive by hearing I didn't catch your name She didn't get his name when they met the first time — verb (= get) apprehend and reproduce accurately She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings She got the mood just right in her photographs — verb become aware of he caught her staring out the window — verb spread or be communicated The fashion did not catch — verb take in and retain We have a big barrel to catch the rainwater — verb be the catcher Who is catching? — verb start burning The fire caught — verb delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned I was caught in traffic and missed the meeting — noun the quantity that was caught the catch was only 10 fish — noun a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect — noun anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching) he shared his catch with the others — noun a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion) — noun a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window — noun (= stop) a restraint that checks the motion of something he used a book as a stop to hold the door open — noun (= grab, snatch, snap) the act of catching an object with the hands Mays made the catch with his back to the plate he made a grab for the ball before it landed Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion — noun a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth he played catch with his son in the backyard — noun (= collar) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar — verb (= capture, enamour, enamor) attract; cause to be enamored She captured all the men's hearts

Synonyms catch synonyms

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catch English » English

seize capture grab grasp get hold arrest take trap snatch grip grapple hook apprehend hit find strike entrap hitch ensnare take hold of run across receive overtake latch clutch understand snap reach pick up snare snag see nab touch stick contract captivate attain watch score run up against perceive encounter comprehend clasp catch up with catch hold of wrest take in

Topics catch topics

What do people use catch to talk about?
Work and occupation Hunt and fish

Fishing
Physical actions Move Pursue

Catch, capture
Person Sense, perceive

Hear
Social behavior Law Trial

Investigate a crime
Person Healthy

Sick
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation

Game
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation Sports

Basketball
Social behavior Government Government functions Police

Arrest
Work and occupation Hunt and fish

Trap
Work and occupation Hunt and fish

Things done to animals
Physical actions Move something Carry

Catch
States Time Relative time Right time

On time
States Time Aspectual time Start something

Stop something
Person Sense, perceive

See
Person Sense, perceive See

Visible
Person Sense, perceive

Smell
Person Body condition

Rest
Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

Notice
Language and thought Communication Say True

Expose falsehood
Social behavior Behavior Self-controlled

Mistake
Daily life Fire

Light a fire
Work and occupation Hunt and fish

Hunt
Work and occupation Hunt and fish Fishing

Fish with net
Physical actions Move Move toward something

Move past, over, through
Physical actions Move Accompany

Follow
Physical actions Hide

Search
States Big Distance

Near

Conjugation catch conjugation

How do you conjugate catch?

catch · verb

Examples catch examples

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Simple sentences

Hurry, and you will catch the train.
Cats catch mice.
I couldn't catch what he said.
He didn't run fast enough to catch the train.
Old people catch colds easily.
Tom had no time to catch his breath.
You catch on quickly.
I'll catch you later.
I let you catch me.
Tom is always sleeping in class. It almost seems as if he goes to school just to catch up on his sleep.
I'll catch the next bus.
Catch you later, Tom.
We have a plane to catch.
You will not be able to catch the train.
You have to study hard to catch up with your class.
You will catch cold.
However fast you may walk, you can't catch up with him.
I'll show you how to catch fish.
Hurry up, and you'll catch the bus.
Hurry up, and you'll catch the train.
Let's catch a quick bite.
If you run fast, you can catch the train.
Hurry up, or you won't catch up with him.
I hurried and managed to catch the bus.
The eagle does not catch flies.
It is very cold outside. You'll catch a cold without a coat.
I managed to catch the 8 o'clock train by running all the way to the station.
Take this umbrella with you lest you should get wet and catch cold.
I got up early in order to catch the first train.
I didn't catch the meaning.

Movie subtitles

You'll catch cold like that.
We could think of communicating with an alien civilisation as like a game of cosmic catch.
Hope they catch something.
I'm trying to catch some food, but something got to it before me, it looks like.
Catch that guy, you!
Catch that guy!
Catch that policeman!
Catch that punk!
If you feel wronged, die, catch your husband, and ask him.
How we will catch this one. is important.
Why can't we catch the one?
Is that why we can't catch this one?
Sorry. Didn't catch your name.
Good catch, Alex.
You catch my drift.
I hope they won't catch it. They played with him.
You'll never catch me.
Someone's gonna catch us.
We shall catch him and earn a hundred ducats as a reward.
CATCH HIM!
Captain. Did you catch 6 tigers?
They catch up with them, and sometimes they don't.
Catch on?
Well, that looks like a catch.
The spider weaves its web to catch the unwary fly.
And when I behave nicely, he gives me a bit of sugar so that I can catch flies.
For a minute, I didn't catch on.
There's a catch in this somewhere.
You make a catch.
Frankie set up a distraction so I could make the catch without Nick finding out.
I was so scared that Nick was gonna catch me.
Just gonna go take a little dump. I gotta go to the bathroom and go catch up on some reading. I gotta take the Browns to the Superbowl.
Tell him I don't like to see a friend of mine so unhappy, so one more catch, I'll cut him loose.
Catch.
What are you talking about? I got a bag for you to catch.
Come and catch me!
Didn't we catch Bong Gu?
It wasn't easy to catch him. I'll go and consult with the Royal Family's group of legal experts.
What is this? In order to catch Gim Bong Gu. You even brought calamity to me.
You should go first, I'll catch up with you immediately.

News and current affairs

By subjecting trade relations to embargoes, sanctions, and tests of democracy, environmental standards, and human rights, the League is likely to retard the growth of trade, and thus the chance for poor non-democracies to catch up.
And if the US (still the world's largest economy) starts to sneeze again, the rest of the world - its immunity already weakened by Europe's malaise and emerging countries' slowdown - will catch pneumonia.
Why have the large European economies failed to catch up with US income levels?
The new government's biggest challenge will be to implement reforms that enable Italy's economic performance to catch up to that of its neighbors after years of bad policies and neglect.
The cartoon caught the English fancy, and created a catch-phrase still in use today, although it is usually misunderstood and misused.
But Google's plan had a catch.
Once they developed the basic institutions needed for a market economy and learned how to avoid serious macroeconomic policy mistakes, emerging countries started benefiting from catch-up growth.
Those with very high investment rates, mostly in East Asia, grew faster than those with lower investment rates; but, overall, catch-up growth probably has been adding 2-4 percentage points to many emerging and developing countries' annual growth rates.
Moreover, sectors such as agriculture, energy, transport, and trade also have catch-up-growth potential, through imports of technology, institutional know-how, and organizational models.
The Soviet Union never was able to build the institutions to allow for catch-up economic growth.
China, India, Brazil, Turkey, and others may have firms operating close to the world's technological frontier, but they still have a lot of unused catch-up potential.
In that case, they can continue to catch up, at least for the next decade or more.
Without relatively high savings, a developing country like China may never catch up.
We can only hope that it does not catch on.
A debt buyback is something of a Catch 22: to succeed in inducing a haircut, it needs to profit from the default fears that it intends to alleviate.
OSAKA - Yesterday's landslide general-election victory by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) terminated the one-party-dominated system that the catch-all Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has controlled almost without interruption since 1955.
Despite recent hopes of recovery in the US, including an inventory catch-up in the fourth quarter of 2011, real US GDP growth has remained persistently below trend.
This artifice calmed the markets temporarily, but the candidates became wary about falling into a Brazilian Catch-22.
Access to market information, for example, can ensure that farmers selling their surplus crops are not cheated by unscrupulous traders, and that fishermen can land their catch at the port offering the best price.
The third phase was one of economic catch-up, which, unlike the first two phases, has not really been successful in Hungary, which today may even be falling back.
But the economics of innovation are very different for those at the frontier versus those who are followers striving to catch up.
Coherent programs to promote economic catch-up are relatively straightforward.

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