catch
Definitions
Noun
- A drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- The quantity that was caught
- A person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
- Anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- A break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- A restraint that checks the motion of something
- A fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- A cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- The act of catching an object with the hands
- The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
Verb
- Discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- Perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- Reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- Take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- To hook or entangle
- Attract and fix
- Capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- Reach in time
- Get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- Catch up with and possibly overtake
- Be struck or affected by
- Check oneself during an action
- Hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- See or watch
- Cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- Detect a blunder or misstep
- Grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- Contract
- Start burning
- Perceive by hearing
- Suffer from the receipt of
- Attract; cause to be enamored
- Apprehend and reproduce accurately
- Take in and retain
- Spread or be communicated
- Be the catcher
- Become aware of
- Delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
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Words that contain the term "catch".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | 1 | 43 |
| 2 | catcher | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | catching | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | catches | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | catcher's | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | catchers | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | catchup | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | catchy | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | catchacan | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | catchall | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | catchings | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | catchment | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | catchword | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | flycatcher | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | gnatcatcher | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | gnatcatchers | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | spycatcher | 3 | 0 |
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 39
Fragments: 17
Sound Alikes: 2
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 2
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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