CATCH

I. verb (caught; ~ing) see: heave Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to capture or seize especially after pursuit , to take or entangle in or as if in a snare , deceive , to discover unexpectedly ; find , to check (oneself) suddenly or momentarily, to become suddenly aware of , 2. to take hold of ; seize , to affect suddenly, to grasp and hold on to (something in motion) , to avail oneself of ; take , to obtain through effort ; get , to overtake unexpectedly, to get entangled , to become affected by: as, contract , to respond sympathetically to the point of being imbued with , to be struck by , to be subjected to ; receive , 4. to take in and retain , fasten , to take or get usually momentarily or quickly , 6. overtake , to get aboard in time , to attract and hold ; arrest , engage , to make contact with ; strike , 9. to grasp by the senses or the mind , to apprehend and fix by artistic means , 10. see , watch , to listen to, to serve as a ~er for in baseball, to meet with , intransitive verb to grasp hastily or try to grasp, to become caught, to ~ fire, to play the position of ~er on a baseball team, kick over , ~able adjective Synonyms: see: ~ II. noun Date: 15th century something caught, 2. the act, action, or fact of ~ing, a game in which a ball is thrown and caught, something that checks or holds immovable , one worth ~ing especially as a spouse, a round for three or more unaccompanied usually male voices often with suggestive or obscene lyrics, fragment , snatch , a concealed difficulty or complication , a momentary audible break in the voice or breath