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