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  • 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 — catch1 [ kætʃ ] (past tense and past participle caught [ kɔt ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 stop and hold something/someone ▸ 2 stop someone escaping ▸ 3 find and arrest ▸ 4 (hunt and) stop animal ▸ 5 get on public vehicle ▸ 6 discover someone doing something… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • catch — catchable, adj. /kach/, v., caught, catching, n., adj. v.t. 1. to seize or capture, esp. after pursuit: to catch a criminal; to catch a runaway horse. 2. to trap or ensnare: to catch a fish. 3. to intercept and seize; take and hold (something… …   Universalium

  • catch — I UK [kætʃ] / US verb Word forms catch : present tense I/you/we/they catch he/she/it catches present participle catching past tense caught UK [kɔːt] / US [kɔt] past participle caught *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to stop and hold something… …   English dictionary

  • catch — I. verb (caught; catching) Etymology: Middle English cacchen, from Anglo French cacher, chacher, chacer to hunt, from Vulgar Latin *captiare, alteration of Latin captare to chase, frequentative of capere to take more at heave Date: 13th century… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • catch-as-catch-can — I. ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) : a style of wrestling in which all holds are permitted except those that may be barred by mutual consent and in which a fall is gained by the contestant who pins his opponent s shoulders to the ground II.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Catch-up effect — The catch up effect, also called the theory of convergence, states that poorer economies tend to grow at faster rates than richer economies. Therefore, all economies should in the long run converge in terms of per capita income and productivity.… …   Wikipedia

  • catch-as-catch-can — /kach euhz kach kan /, adj. 1. Also, catch can. taking advantage of any opportunity; using any method that can be applied: a catch as catch can life, as an itinerant handyman. adv. 2. without specific plan or order: They lived catch as catch can …   Universalium

  • catch-as-catch-can — 1. adjective a) intermittent; only when possible or when the opportunity presents itself My efforts lately have been catch as catch can, not carefully planned. b) of a form of amateur freestyle wrestling (catch wrestling) Which being done, the… …   Wiktionary

  • List of Catch-22 characters — Captain Black redirects here. For the character from the either of the two Captain Scarlet TV series, see Captain Black (Captain Scarlet). Moodus redirects here. For the village in Connecticut, see Moodus (village). The following is a list of… …   Wikipedia

  • Summer Catch — Infobox Film name = Summer Catch image size = caption = Promotional film poster for Summer Catch director = Michael Tollin producer = Brian Robbins writer = Kevin Falls John Gatins narrator = starring = Freddie Prinze Jr. Jessica Biel Fred Ward… …   Wikipedia

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