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poor
Adjective
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Someone who is poor has little or no money.
He is very poor.
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Something that is poor is bad quality.
The painting was a poor job.
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You use poor before someone's name or a pronoun when you feel bad for that person.
Tom is all alone. Poor Tom!
Oh, poor you! I can't believe that happened.
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The poor are a group of people who have little or no money.
This work is to help the poor.
catch
Noun
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A catch is something that is caught, like the fish a fishermen catches.
My dad brought home a good catch of trout today.
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A catch is old time word for a song.
We sang a catch by Purcell.
catch
Verb
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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.