catch
Cross references:
1. incur
1. catch \'kach, 'kech\ \'ko.t\ vb or caught; or catch.ing [ME cacchen,
fr. ONF cachier to hunt, fr. (assumed) VL captiare)X, alter. of L captare
to chase, fr. captus, pp. of capere to take - more at HEAVE 1a: to capture
or seize esp. after pursuit 1b: TRAP, ENSNARE 1c: DECEIVE 1d: to
discover unexpectedly : FIND {caught in the act} 1e: to check suddenly or
momentarily 1f: to become suddenly aware of 2a: to take hold of : SEIZE
2b: to affect suddenly 2c: SNATCH, INTERCEPT 2d: to avail oneself of :
TAKE 2e: to obtain through effort : GET 2f: to get entangled {~ a sleeve
on a nail} 3a: to become affected by {~ fire ~ pneumonia} 3b: to be
struck by 4a: to seize and hold firmly 4b: FASTEN 5: to take or get usu.
momentarily or quickly {~ a glimpse of a fr iend} 6a: OVERTAKE 6b: to get
aboard in time {~ the bus} 7: ATTRACT, ARREST 8: to make contact with 9:
to grasp by the senses or the mind : APPREHEND 1: to grasp hastily or try
to grasp 2: to become caught of a crop 3: to come up and become
established 4: to play the position of catcher on a baseball team MCATCH
implies the seizing of something in motion or in flight or in hiding;
CAPTURE suggests taking by overcoming resistance or difficulty; TRAP,
SNARE, ENTRAP, ENSNARE imply seizing by some device that holds the one
caught at the mercy of his captor; TRAP and SNARE apply more commonly to
physical seizing, ENTRAP and ENSNARE more often to figurative; BAG implies
getting possession of by shooting down a fleeing or distant quarry SYN syn
CAPTURE, TRAP, SNARE, ENSNARE, BAG:
2. catch n 1: something caught; esp : the total quantity caught at one time
2a: the act, action, or fact of catching 2b: a game in which a ball is
thrown and caught 3: something that checks or holds immovable 4: one
worth catching esp. as a spouse 5: a round for three or more unaccompanied
voices written out as one contin uous melody with each succeeding singer
taking up a part in turn 6: FRAGMENT, SNATCH 7: a concealed difficulty 8:
the catching of a field crop