capture

capture has 15 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal.
• n.. The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
• n.. The thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem; a prize; prey.
• v. t.. To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort.
• n.. the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
• n.. the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board
• n.. the act of taking of a person by force
• n.. any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle
• n.. a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field
• v.. succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?"
• v.. capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap today"
• v.. succeed in representing or expressing something intangible; "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an idea"