catch
Examples
One player throws the ball and the other player catches it. Ein Spieler wirft den Ball und der andere Spieler fängt ihn.
The fishermen caught many crabs last week. Die Fischer haben letzte Woche viele Krabben gefangen.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
catch (verb)transitive verb
1.
a) to capture or seize especially after pursuit - catch a thief
b) to take or entangle in or as if in a snare - catch fish in a net
c) - deceive
d) to discover unexpectedly - find caught in the act
e) to check (oneself) suddenly or momentarily
f) to become suddenly aware of - caught me looking at him
2.
a) to take hold of - seize
b) to affect suddenly
c) to grasp and hold on to (something in motion) - catch a fly ball
d) to avail oneself of - take caught the first opportunity to leave
e) to obtain through effort - get catch a ride
f) to overtake unexpectedly - usually used in the passive was caught in a storm
g) to get entangled - catch a sleeve on a nail
3.
to become affected by as
a) - contract catch a cold
b) to respond sympathetically to the point of being imbued with - catch the spirit of an occasion
c) to be struck by - he caught a bullet in the leg
d) to be subjected to - receive catch hell
4.
a) to take in and retain - a barrel to catch rainwater
b) - fasten
5.
to take or get usually momentarily or quickly - catch a glimpse of a friend catch a nap
6.
a) - overtake catch the leader in a race
b) to get aboard in time - catch the bus
7.
to attract and hold - arrest engage caught my attention caught her eye
8.
to make contact with - strike the pitch caught him in the back
9.
a) to grasp by the senses or the mind - you catch what I mean? didn't catch the name
b) to apprehend and fix by artistic means - catch a person's likeness
10.
a) - see watch catch a game on TV
b) to listen to
11.
to serve as a for in baseball - catcher
12.
intransitive verb
to meet with - catch you later
1.
to grasp hastily or try to grasp
2.
to become caught
3.
to catch fire
4.
to play the position of catcher on a baseball team
5.
- kick over the engine caught
1.
something caught , especially the total quantity caught at one time - a large catch of fish
2.
a) the act, action, or fact of - catching
b) a game in which a ball is thrown and caught
3.
something that checks or holds immovable - a safety catch
4.
one worth catching especially as a spouse
5.
a round for three or more unaccompanied usually male voices often with suggestive or obscene lyrics
6.
- fragment snatch
7.
a concealed difficulty or complication - there must be a catch
8.
a momentary audible break in the voice or breath
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
catch (noun)1.
a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized
SYNONYMS:
booby trap, catch, catch-22, gimmick, gotcha, hitch, joker, land mine, snagRELATED WORDS:
snare, trap, trip wire, web; hazard, peril, risk; bomb, bombshell, kicker, surprise ( surprize); bait, decoy, lure2.
someone or something unusually desirable
SYNONYMS:
catch, gem, jewel, pearl, plum, treasureRELATED WORDS:
blessing, find, godsend, goody ( goodie), valuable, windfall; booty, loot, plunder, spoil, swag; brass ring; glory, pride; gold, jackpot, prize money, treasure troveNEAR ANTONYMS:
lemon, loser3.
the total amount collected or obtained especially at one time
SYNONYMS:
bounty, catch, take, yieldRELATED WORDS:
bag; earnings, gain, gross, income, net, payoff, proceeds, profit, receipts, return, revenue, winnings; booty, loot, plunder, spoils, swag; appropriation, collectionNEAR ANTONYMS:
deduction, loss, subtraction1.
to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly
SYNONYMS:
bag, capture, collar, cop, corral, get, glom, grab, grapple, hook, land, nab, nail, net, nobble, rap, seize, snag, snap (up), snare, snatch, trapRELATED WORDS:
glove, halter, lasso, rope; apprehend, arrest, detain; bay, corner; clasp, clutch, fasten (on), fist, grasp, grip, hold, latch (on onto), secure; rend, wrest; enmesh ( immesh), ensnare, entangle, entrap, mesh; abduct, kidnap, spirit (away off)NEAR ANTONYMS:
discharge, free, liberate, release; drop, loosen, unhand2.
to become affected with (a disease or disorder)
SYNONYMS:
catch, come down (with), get, go down (with), sicken (with), takeRELATED WORDS:
break out (with); die (from), succumb (to); fail, languish, sink, waste (away), weaken, wilt, wither, worsenNEAR ANTONYMS:
come back, gain, heal, mend, recoup, recover, recuperate, snap back; rally, rebound, recover (from), shake (off)3.
to bring (something) to a standstill
SYNONYMS:
arrest, bring up, catch, check, draw up, fetch up, hold up, pull up, stall, stay, still, stopRELATED WORDS:
baffle, balk, block, blockade, bottleneck, clog, dam, detain, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, obstruct, snag, stem; conclude, cut off, end, terminate; call, discontinue, suspend; choke off, rein (in), repress, squash, squelch, stanch ( staunch), stunt, suppress, turn backNEAR ANTONYMS:
carry on, continue, follow through (with), keep (on), keep up, persist, run on; advance, fare, go along, march, move, proceed, progress, wend; actuate, budge, drive, goad, impel, propel, push, spur, stir4.
to put securely in place or in a desired position
SYNONYMS:
anchor, catch, clamp, fix, hitch, moor, secure, setRELATED WORDS:
embed ( imbed), entrench ( intrench), implant, ingrain ( engrain), lodge, stuff, wedgeNEAR ANTONYMS:
extract, prize, pry, pull, root (out), tear (out), uproot, wrest, yank5.
to have a clear idea of
SYNONYMS:
appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch, catch on (to), cognize, compass, conceive, cotton (to on to), decipher, decode, dig, discern, get, grasp, grok, intuit, know, make, make out, perceive, recognize, register, savvy, see, seize, sense, tumble (to), twig, understandRELATED WORDS:
absorb, digest, take in; realize; fathom, penetrate, pierceNEAR ANTONYMS:
misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misperceive, misread, mistake, misunderstand6.
to cause to believe what is untrue
SYNONYMS:
bamboozle, beguile, bluff, buffalo, burn, catch, con, cozen, delude, dupe, fake out, fool, gaff, gammon, gull, have, have on, hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, humbug, juggle, misguide, misinform, mislead, snooker, snow, spoof, string along, sucker, suck in, take in, trickRELATED WORDS:
kid, put on, tease; bleed, cheat, chisel, defraud, diddle, euchre, flam, fleece, gyp, hustle, mulct, rook, shortchange, skin, squeeze, stick, sting, swindleNEAR ANTONYMS:
debunk, expose, reveal, show up, uncloak, uncover, unmask; disclose, divulge, tell, unveil; disabuse, disenchant, disillusion7.
to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face
SYNONYMS:
catch, chance (upon), encounter, happen (upon), stumble (upon)RELATED WORDS:
accost, confront; face, greet, salute; collide (with), crash (into); crisscross, cross, pass; hit (upon), light (upon), tumble (to); reencounter, remeetNEAR ANTONYMS:
avoid, dodge, duck, elude, escape, evade, shake, shun8.
to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes
SYNONYMS:
behold, catch, descry, discern, distinguish, espy, eye, look (at), note, notice, observe, perceive, regard, remark, sight, spot, spy, view, witnessRELATED WORDS:
identify, make out, pick out, pick up; attend (to), consider, heed, mark, mind; study, watch; examine, inspect, scan, scrutinize, survey; glance (at), glimpse, peer (at)NEAR ANTONYMS:
disregard, ignore, neglect, overpass, pass over; miss, overlook9.
to move fast enough to get even with
SYNONYMS:
catch, catch up (with), overhaulRELATED WORDS:
chase, pursue; gain, reach; pass, surpassNEAR ANTONYMS:
fall short
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