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English Dictionary: catching	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for catching
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catching adj (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection Synonym(s): catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable n (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team the act of detecting something; catching sight of something Synonym(s): detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic" Synonym(s): catching, contracting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Catch \Catch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caught}[or] {Catched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Catching}. Catched is rarely used.] [OE. cacchen, OF. cachier, dialectic form of chacier to hunt, F. chasser, fr. (assumend) LL. captiare, for L. capture, V. intens. of capere to take, catch. See {Capacious}, and cf. {Chase}, {Case} a box.] 1. 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. 2. To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief. [bd]They pursued . . . and caught him.[b8] --Judg. i. 6. 3. To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish. 4. Hence: To insnare; to entangle. [bd]To catch him in his words[b8]. --Mark xii. 13. 5. To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody. [bd]Fiery thoughts . . . whereof I catch the issue.[b8] --Tennyson. 6. To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the adjoining building. 7. To engage and attach; to please; to charm. The soothing arts that catch the fair. --Dryden. 8. To get possession of; to attain. Torment myself to catch the English throne. --Shak. 9. 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. 10. To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing. 11. To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train. {To catch fire}, to become inflamed or ignited. {to catch it} to get a scolding or beating; to suffer punishment. [Colloq.] {To catch one's eye}, to interrupt captiously while speaking. [Colloq.] [bd]You catch me up so very short.[b8] --Dickens. {To catch up}, to snatch; to take up suddenly.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Catching \Catch"ing\ a. 1. Infectious; contagious. 2. Captivating; alluring.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Catching \Catch"ing\, n. The act of seizing or taking hold of. {Catching bargain} (Law), a bargain made with an heir expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an inadequate price. --Bouvier.