CATCH


Meaning of CATCH in English

verb

1.

to obtain physical mastery and possession of

the cat caught a mouse

Synonyms: bag, capture, collar, ||cotch, get, nail, prehend, secure, take; compare arrest 2, seize 2

Related Word: clutch, grab, snatch; clasp, grasp, grip; ensnare, entangle, entrap, snare, tangle, trap

Contrasted words: free, release

Antonyms: miss

2.

Synonyms: seize 2, clutch, ||cotch, grab, grapple, nab, ||nail, snatch, take

3.

to put at a disadvantage or bring under control by or as if by enmeshing in a net

caught in the fallacy of his own argument

Synonyms: benet, catch up, ensnare, entangle, entrap, snare, tangle, trap; compare entangle 3

Related Word: baffle, confound, nonplus, perplex, stick, stump; abash, disturb, embarrass, put out; confuse, flurry, fluster, rattle

4.

Synonyms: dupe , bamboozle, chicane, con, flimflam, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, trick

5.

Synonyms: find 1, descry, detect, encounter, espy, hit (on or upon), meet (with), spot, turn up

6.

Synonyms: marry 1, espouse, wed

7.

to come up with often unexpectedly

the storm caught them unawares

Synonyms: ||cotch, overhaul, overtake, take

Related Word: reach

Idioms: come upon

8.

Synonyms: seize 3, strike, take

9.

Synonyms: intercept , block, cut off

10.

Synonyms: contract 1, come down (with), get, sicken (with or of), take

Idioms: fall ill (of or with), fall victim to

11.

Synonyms: fasten 2, anchor, fix, moor, secure

12.

Synonyms: strike 2, ||biff, clout, ding, hit, ||nail, ||slosh, smite, sock, whack

13.

Synonyms: apprehend 1, accept, comprehend, ||dig, follow, grasp, see, take, take in, understand

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