vi to attain possession.
2. catch ·noun act of seizing; a grasp.
3. catch ·noun a slight remembrance; a trace.
4. catch ·noun passing opportunities seized; snatches.
5. catch ·vi to take hold; as, the bolt does not catch.
6. catch ·vt hence: to insnare; to entangle.
7. catch ·vt to get possession of; to attain.
8. catch ·vt to reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train.
9. catch ·noun something desirable to be caught, ·esp. a husband or wife in matrimony.
10. catch ·vi to spread by, or as by, infecting; to communicate.
11. catch ·vt to communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the adjoining building.
12. catch ·vt to seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief.
13. catch ·noun that by which anything is caught or temporarily fastened; as, the catch of a gate.
14. catch ·vt to take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish.
15. catch ·noun a humorous canon or round, so contrived that the singers catch up each other's words.
xvi. catch ·vt to engage and attach; to please; to charm.
xvii. catch ·vt to seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody.
xviii. catch ·noun the posture of seizing; a state of preparation to lay hold of, or of watching he opportunity to seize; as, to lie on the catch.
xix. catch ·vi to be held or impeded by entanglement or a light obstruction; as, a kite catches in a tree; a door catches so as not to open.
xx. catch ·noun that which is caught or taken; profit; gain; especially, the whole quantity caught or taken at one time; as, a good catch of fish.
xxi. catch ·vt to lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.
xxii. catch ·vt to come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing.
xxiii. catch ·vt to take or receive; ·esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold; the house caught fire.