catch
/kæt͡ʃ/
To capture, overtake.; To capture or snare; To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive
- he/she/it
- catches
- past
- caught
- past participle
- caught
Meanings
- 1
To capture, overtake.; To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape)
We could have been caught.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
The police have caught him.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
To capture, overtake.; To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive
- 3
To capture, overtake.; To marry or enter into a similar relationship with
- 4
To capture, overtake.; To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc
- 5
To capture, overtake.; To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for
- 6
To capture, overtake.; To discover and observe (someone or something while it takes some action or exists) (sometimes, but not always, with implications of 'unpleasantly' or 'unexpectedly')
- 7
To capture, overtake.; To record, for example on film or tape
- 8
To capture, overtake.; To travel by means of
- 9
To seize hold of.; To grab, seize, take hold of
- 10
To seize hold of.; To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep