catch

catch has 62 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• v. t.. To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.
• v. t.. To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief.
• v. t.. To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish.
• v. t.. Hence: To insnare; to entangle.
• v. t.. To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody.
• v. t.. To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the adjoining building.
• v. t.. To engage and attach; to please; to charm.
• v. t.. To get possession of; to attain.
• v. t.. To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold; the house caught fire.
• v. t.. To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing.
• v. t.. To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train.
• v. i.. To attain possession.