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.
To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief.
To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish.
To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody.
To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the adjoining building.
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.
That by which anything is caught or temporarily fastened; as, the catch of a gate.
The posture of seizing; a state of preparation to lay hold of, or of watching he opportunity to seize; as, to lie on the catch.
That which is caught or taken; profit; gain; especially, the whole quantity caught or taken at one time; as, a good catch of fish.
Something desirable to be caught, esp. a husband or wife in matrimony.
Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
Receiving a desired card. He caught his ace on the river. Also spike.
the quantity that was caught; "the catch was only 10 fish"
a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching); "he shared his catch with the others"
a restraint that checks the motion of something; "he used a book as a stop to hold the door open"
the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!"
succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?"
to hook or entangle; "One foot caught in the stirrup"
capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap toady"
catch up with and possibly overtake; "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp"
grasp with the mind or develop an undersatnding of; "did you catch that allusion?"; "We caught something of his theory in the lecture"; "don't catch your meaning"; "did you get it?"; "She didn't get the joke"; "I just don't get him"
start burning; "The fire caught"
apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs"
become aware of; "he caught her staring out the window"
delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned; "I was caught in traffic and missed the meeting"
to get one of the cards you needed to win the hand, " I caught the 9 on the river, giving me the nut straight."
When a player is dealt a card needed to complete a hand, they are said to have caught it. For example, if you held two hearts in your hand, and there are two hearts on the board going to the flop, and the flop comes a heart, you would be said to have “caught” a heart.
The total number or poundage of fish captured from an area over some period of time. This includes fish that are caught but released or discarded instead of being landed. The catch may take place in an area different from where the fish are landed. Note: Catch, harvest, and landings are different.