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Word: Catch
Speech Type: Verb
Middle English (also in the sense ‘chase’): from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French cachier, variant of Old French chacier, based on Latin captare ‘try to catch’, from capere ‘take’
katʃ
intercept and hold (something which has been thrown, propelled, or dropped)
Short Definition:intercept and hold
Examples:- she threw the bottle into the air and caught it again
capture (a person or animal that tries or would try to escape)
Short Definition:capture
Examples:- we hadn't caught a single rabbit
(of an object) accidentally become entangled or trapped in something
Short Definition:become entangled or trapped
Examples:- a button caught in her hair
reach in time and board (a train, bus, or aircraft)
Short Definition:reach in time to board
Examples:- they caught the 12.15 from Oxford
engage (a person's interest or imagination)
Short Definition:engage interest
Examples:- it was the business scheme that had caught his imagination
strike (someone) on a part of the body
Short Definition:strike someone
Examples:- Ben caught him on the chin with an uppercut
contract (an illness) through infection or contagion
Short Definition:contract illness
Examples:- he served in Macedonia, where he caught malaria
become ignited and start burning
Short Definition:start burning
Examples:- the rafters have caught
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