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- Dictionarycatch/katʃ/
verb
- 1. intercept and hold (something which has been thrown, propelled, or dropped): "she threw the bottle into the air and caught it again" Similar Opposite
- 2. capture (a person or animal that tries or would try to escape): "we hadn't caught a single rabbit" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. an act of catching something, typically a ball.
- 2. a game in which a ball is thrown back and forth between two or more players.
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to discover, see, or realize something, especially someone doing something wrong: [ + -ing verb ] He caught her read ing his old love letters. If the virus is caught (= discovered) in time, most patients can be successfully treated.
: to check (oneself) suddenly or momentarily. He started to say the wrong thing but quickly caught himself.
Catch definition: to seize or capture, especially after pursuit. See examples of CATCH used in a sentence.
If you catch something or catch a glimpse of it, you notice it or manage to see it briefly. As she turned back, she caught the puzzled look on her mother's face. [ VERB noun ]
CATCH definition: 1. to stop someone or something that is moving through the air by getting hold of it: 2. to find…. Learn more.
Definition of catch verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
When you catch something, you grasp it or seize it in your hands, the way you catch a basketball when your friend throws it to you. As a verb, catch describes grabbing and holding on.