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catch (iou)

catch verb. . ME.
[Anglo-Norman, Old French cachier var. of Old French chacier (mod. chasser): see CHASE verb1. Infl. in sense 'seize' and in forms by LATCH verb1.]
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verb trans. & intrans. Chase. ME-M16.
II. Capture; reach.
verb trans. Capture (a person or animal that tries or would try to escape); ensnare, entrap; deceive, 'take in'. ME.
R. Campbell We used to catch snakes for the Zoo. E. Longford Lady Georgina Fane, unmarried daughter of Lord Westmorland,..never gave up hope of catching him.
verb trans. Obtain by exertion; attain. ME-E17.
Shakespeare 3 Henry VI I..Torment myself to catch the English crown. Shakespeare Macbeth If th' assassination Could..catch..Success.
verb trans. Hit (a person, usu. on a part of the body); land (a blow etc.) on. ME.
Oxford English Dictionary She caught him a sounding box on the ear. W. Gass His arm..caught me on the side of the neck.
verb trans. Overtake, reach (an agent in motion; freq. foll. by up: see below); be in time to get to or reach (a thing, as a train etc., or person about to depart); in extended use, (be in time to) see or hear (a Television or Radio programme, etc.). E17.
Addison Caught in a shower. D. Hammett Not expecting to catch him in his office, but hoping to learn how to reach him at his Home. R. Macaulay She..probably caught the night train. N. Mailer He..kept racing back to his room to catch the news.
verb trans. Come upon (a person) unexpectedly; surprise, detect, (a person, in or at some activity, doing). In pass. also (colloq.) become pregnant. E17.
Steele I catched her once..at Chuck-Farthing among the Boys. E. O'Neill He was caught red-handed and thrown off the force. D. Hammett When you catch her in a lie, she admits it. Sloan Wilson Do you catch yourself wishing for her when you're making love to me?
III. Seize, take, grasp, snatch.
verb trans. Take hold of suddenly or forcibly; seize; (of fire) set alight; (of Other natural agency) affect. ME.
Shakespeare Othello Perdition catch my soul But I do love thee. J. Conrad Catching me round the neck as any child almost will do. G. L. Mallory The wind and sun..have fairly caught us all. M. M. Kaye He watched the grass flare up and catch the sticks of wood.
verb trans. Take hold of suddenly or forcibly and remove. Now usu. foll. by up: see below. ME.
Bible (AV): Acts 8:39 The Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more. Tennyson He..hastily caught His bundle..and went his way.
verb trans. Entangle and hold; check suddenly; interrupt or intercept the motion of and hold; spec. in cricket, Baseball, etc., prevent (the ball) from touching the ground after striking the bat. ME.
G. Macdonald Find a basin or plate..and put it to catch the drop here. R. Kipling A grain-cart's axle caught them by the horns. I. Murdoch Felix..caught the falling Miranda in his arms. C. Potok The ball was coming back to me, and I caught it neatly.
b. In cricket, Baseball, etc., dismiss (a batsman) by catching the ball after it has struck the bat and before it touches the ground. Also foll. by out. E18.
R. A. Fitzgerald Gilbert..was also caught and bowled by Eastwood.
verb trans. Take, get, (rest, sleep, etc., now only for a brief period). ME.
R. Wilbur He'll catch a little nap.
verb trans. gen. Take. ME-M17.
Chaucer Pryvely she kaughte forth a knyf. W. Camden So they called parchment which wee have catcht from the Latine Pergamentum.
verb trans. Take advantage of (opportunity etc.) as it occurs. LME.
verb trans. Arrest the attention of; arrest (the attention etc., a faculty or organ of sense); captivate. LME.
Dryden The soothing arts that catch the fair. H. Martineau A rustle..caught her excited ear.
verb intrans. Of fire or something combustible: start to burn, take hold. Of an engine etc.: ignite, start up. M16.
V. Woolf The flames had fairly caught. L. Woolf Lizzy had put a large piece of newspaper 'to draw up the fire', the newspaper had 'caught'. J. Gardner George..ground on the starter a minute before the truck motor caught and roared.
verb trans. Grasp with the senses or mind; see, hear, etc., esp. by an effort; perceive; reveal to perception; apprehend and reproduce a likeness of. L16.
Tolkien They caught faintly the fragrance of woodland flowers. S. Beckett I could not catch the words. J. T. Story My headlights had caught what seemed to be spots of blood on the road. B. Trapido Jonathan enacted the episode.., catching his grandmother's speech and gesture.
verb intrans. Snatch or grasp at (after, absol.). L16.
T. Fuller Mercy is a Grace which they hold the fastest, that most catch after it. W. Cowper Catching at his rein.
verb intrans. Become entangled or fixed (in, on, etc.); be impeded or checked. L18.
S. Bellow His arm caught in the sleeve. T. Williams Her voice catches.
IV. Get or take passively.
verb trans. Receive, incur; be exposed to. Now esp. in phrases: see below. ME.
Shakespeare 3 Henry VI Fight closer or..you'll catch a blow. Goldsmith Ye lakes, whose vessels catch the busy gale. I. Colegate The study caught the early morning sunshine.
verb trans. Become affected or inspired by (an emotion etc.). obsolete exc. as passing into fig. uses of sense 20. LME.
Pope Presumptuous Troy..catch'd new fury at the voice divine.
verb trans. Take (as) by infection; contract (disease etc.); acquire by sympathy or imitation. LME.
G. Greene He has caught mumps from the ambassador's son. E. O'Neill They catch his excitement.
Phrases: a sprat to catch a herring, a sprat to catch a mackerel, a sprat to catch a whale: see SPRAT noun1. be caught short: see SHORT adverb. be caught with chaff: see CHAFF noun1. catch a cold, catch cold contract a cold in the head; fig. encounter trouble or difficulties. catch a crab: see CRAB noun1. catch a glimpse of see for a moment. catch a likeness reproduce a characteristic look in a picture etc. catch a packet: see PACKET noun 3. catch a Tartar: see TARTAR noun2. catch at a straw, catch at straws: see STRAW noun. catch bending: see BEND verb. catch cold: see catch a cold above. catch fire ignite, begin to burn, fig. be inflamed with passion, excitement, etc. catch hold of grasp, clutch at and seize. catch it colloq. incur a severe punishment. catch me at !, catch him doing !, etc., colloq. there is no possibility of my, his, etc. doing . catch napping: see NAP verb1. catch one's BREATH. catch one's DEATH (of cold). catch on the hop: see HOP noun2 1. catch sight of: see SIGHT noun. catch the eye of meet the glance of (another person) with one's own, either by chance or design; fig. bring oneself to a person's notice, be noticed by. catch unawares: see UNAWARES adverb.
With adverbs in specialized senses: catch on (a) become popular or fashionable; (b) understand what is meant or what is happening (also foll. by to). catch out detect in a mistake etc., take unawares; (see also sense 9b above). catch up (a) verb phr. trans. raise suddenly aloft; pick up; raise and fasten up; (b) verb phr. trans. & intrans. with with overtake, reach (an agent in motion); (c) verb phr. intrans. make up arrears (on). caught up entangled or unwillingly involved in; completely absorbed in.
catchable adjective L17.
catcher noun a person who or thing which catches; spec. the fielder in Baseball who stands behind the batter; (torpedo-boat catcher: see TORPEDO noun): LME.
catching ppl adjective that catches; spec. infectious (lit. & fig.): LME.
catchingness noun (rare) M17.
catchy adjective that catches; esp. attractive; (of a tune etc.) readily learned and remembered: E19.

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