catch

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noun

1 act of catching sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ awesome (AmE), brilliant, good, nice, spectacular

▪ clean (esp. BrE)

▪ difficult, tough

▪ easy

▪ game-winning (AmE)

▪ acrobatic, diving, one-handed, running

▪ slip (in cricket)

▪ touchdown (in American football)

▪ fair, legal (both AmE)

VERB + CATCH

▪ get (esp. AmE), make (AmE), take (BrE)

▪ Roger made some brilliant catches at today's game.

▪ drop, miss

2 number of fish that sb has caught

ADJECTIVE

▪ big, good, huge, large, record

▪ Fishermen have been landing record catches this season.

▪ poor (BrE), small

▪ annual, total

VERB + CATCH

▪ land, make

CATCH + VERB

▪ decline, fall

▪ Catches fell because of the new dam.

▪ go up, increase

PREPOSITION

▪ catch of

▪ a huge catch of tuna

PHRASES

▪ the catch of the day, the day's catch

▪ a restaurant where you can sample the day's catch

3 device for fastening sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ door, window

▪ safety

▪ the safety catch on a gun

VERB + CATCH

▪ release, undo, unfasten

▪ Fran released the catch on the door, then turned to say goodbye.

▪ close
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verb

Catch is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑camera, ↑cat, ↑ear, ↑engine, ↑eye, ↑fisherman, ↑foot, ↑hand, ↑light, ↑lion, ↑owl, ↑police, ↑sob, ↑spider, ↑sun, ↑voice

Catch is used with these nouns as the object: ↑arm, ↑attention, ↑balance, ↑ball, ↑baseball, ↑blow, ↑boat, ↑bouquet, ↑breath, ↑bug, ↑burglar, ↑bus, ↑cab, ↑chill, ↑cholera, ↑cold, ↑cough, ↑criminal, ↑crook, ↑culprit, ↑diphtheria, ↑disease, ↑drift, ↑drip, ↑edge, ↑elbow, ↑end, ↑episode, ↑error, ↑expression, ↑eye, ↑ferry, ↑fever, ↑fire, ↑fish, ↑flash, ↑flicker, ↑flight, ↑flu, ↑fly, ↑football, ↑fugitive, ↑gaze, ↑gist, ↑glance, ↑glimpse, ↑glint, ↑heel, ↑herring, ↑hint, ↑hold, ↑illness, ↑imagination, ↑infection, ↑influenza, ↑interest, ↑intruder, ↑killer, ↑kip, ↑lifeline, ↑look, ↑malaria, ↑measles, ↑meningitis, ↑mood, ↑mouse, ↑movie, ↑murderer, ↑name, ↑news, ↑notice, ↑pass, ↑plane, ↑pneumonia, ↑rabbit, ↑ray, ↑reflection, ↑ride, ↑robber, ↑salmon, ↑sarcasm, ↑scent, ↑showing, ↑shuttle, ↑sight, ↑sleep, ↑smallpox, ↑smell, ↑snatch, ↑snippet, ↑sun, ↑suspect, ↑taxi, ↑thief, ↑tide, ↑train, ↑tram, ↑trolley, ↑trout, ↑tube, ↑villain, ↑virus, ↑wave, ↑whiff

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Synonyms:

Grasp, seize, snatch, clutch, gripe, grasp, lay hold of, fasten upon, Lay hold, take hold, hold, Seizure / Arrest, apprehend, capture, Get entangled, hitch, Snatch, short effort / Overtake, come up with, Be contagious, be communicated, spread by infection, Clasp, hook / Ensnare, entrap, entangle, Humorous round, comic rondo / Captivate, charm, enchant, fascinate, bewitch, win, Quantity (of fish caught), amount caught, catching, take / Take (as a disease) / Take unawares, surprise, come suddenly on

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catch — [ katʃ ] n. m. • 1919; mot angl., abrév. de catch as catch can « attrape comme tu peux » ♦ Lutte très libre à l origine, codifiée aujourd hui. Prise de catch. Match, rencontre de catch, spectacle de cette lutte. Catch à quatre. Catch féminin. ●… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Catch — Catch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caught}or {Catched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Catching}. Catched is rarely used.] [OE. cacchen, OF. cachier, dialectic form of chacier to hunt, F. chasser, fr. (assumend) LL. captiare, for L. capture, V. intens. of capere to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
catch — [kach, kech] vt. caught, catching [ME cacchen < Anglo Fr cachier < VL * captiare < L captare, to seize < pp. of capere, to take hold: see HAVE] 1. to seize and hold, as after a chase; capture 2. to seize or take by or as by a trap,… … English World dictionary
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catch — [kætʆ] verb caught PTandPP [kɔːt ǁ kɒːt] [transitive] 1. be caught in something to be in a situation that is difficult to escape from: • The government is caught in the middle of the dispute. • The yen was caught in a downward spiral. 2 … Financial and business terms
catch — ► VERB (past and past part. caught) 1) intercept and hold (something thrown, propelled, or dropped). 2) seize or take hold of. 3) capture after a chase or in a trap, net, etc. 4) be in time to board (a train, bus, etc.) or to see (a person,… … English terms dictionary
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Catch — or caught may refer to:In sports: * Catch (baseball), a maneuver in baseball * Caught (cricket), a method of getting out in cricket * Catch or Reception (American football)In music: * Catch (music), a form of round * Catch (band), an English band … Wikipedia
catch — catch; catch·er; catch·ing; catch·man; catch·ment; catch·pole; see·catch; un·catch·able; catch·ing·ly; catch·poll; … English syllables
Catch — Catch, n. 1. Act of seizing; a grasp. Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] 2. That by which anything is caught or temporarily fastened; as, the catch of a gate. [1913 Webster] 3. The posture of seizing; a state of preparation to lay hold of, or of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
catch — s.n. Gen de lupte libere în care sunt permise aproape orice mijloace pentru înfrângerea adversarului. [pr.: checi. – var.: catch can (pr.: checi chén) s.n.] cuv. engl. Trimis de valeriu, 03.03.2003. Sursa: DEX 98 CATCH [pr … Dicționar Român

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