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The definition of catch

33 Definitions of: catch

1. verb, to take hold of so as to retain or restrain
2. verb, to take, seize, or capture, esp after pursuit
3. verb, to ensnare or deceive, as by trickery
4. verb, to surprise or detect in an act
5. verb, to reach with a blow
6. verb, to overtake or reach in time to board
7. verb, to see or hear; attend
8. verb, to be infected with
9. verb, to hook or entangle or become hooked or entangled
10. verb, to fasten or be fastened with or as if with a latch or other device
11. verb, to attract or arrest
12. verb, to comprehend
13. verb, to hear accurately
14. verb, to captivate or charm
15. verb, to perceive and reproduce accurately
16. verb, to hold back or restrain
17. verb, to become alight
18. verb, cricket to dismiss (a batsman) by intercepting and holding a ball struck by him before it touches the ground
19. verb, a) to grasp or attempt to grasp b) to take advantage (of), esp eagerly
20. verb, to make pregnant
21. verb, catch it to be scolded or reprimanded
22. verb, catch oneself on slang to realize that one's actions are mistaken
23. noun, the act of catching or grasping
24. noun, a device that catches and fastens, such as a latch
25. noun, anything that is caught, esp something worth catching
26. noun, the amount or number caught
27. noun, a person regarded as an eligible matrimonial prospect
28. noun, a check or break in the voice
29. noun, a break in a mechanism
30. noun, a) a concealed, unexpected, or unforeseen drawback or handicap b) (as modifier)
31. noun, a game in which a ball is thrown from one player to another
32. noun, cricket the catching of a ball struck by a batsman before it touches the ground, resulting in him being out
33. noun, music a type of round popular in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, having a humorous text that is often indecent or bawdy and hard to articulate. See round, canon, catch on, catch out, catch up
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Synonyms:	get, surprise, Informal trick, fasten, hook, clip, bolt, latch, clasp, hasp	And more...
Antonyms:	release, escape, advantage (Informal), free

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