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Definitions of catch
v. t. - 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
v. t. - To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief. ²
v. t. - To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish. ²
v. t. - Hence: To insnare; to entangle. ²
v. t. - To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody. ²
v. t. - To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the adjoining building. ²
v. t. - To engage and attach; to please; to charm. ²
v. t. - To get possession of; to attain. ²
v. t. - 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. ²
v. t. - To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing. ²
v. t. - To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train. ²
v. i. - To attain possession. ²
v. i. - 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. ²
v. i. - To take hold; as, the bolt does not catch. ²
v. i. - To spread by, or as by, infecting; to communicate. ²
n. - Act of seizing; a grasp. ²
n. - That by which anything is caught or temporarily fastened; as, the catch of a gate. ²
n. - 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. ²
n. - That which is caught or taken; profit; gain; especially, the whole quantity caught or taken at one time; as, a good catch of fish. ²
n. - Something desirable to be caught, esp. a husband or wife in matrimony. ²
n. - Passing opportunities seized; snatches. ²
n. - A slight remembrance; a trace. ²
n. - A humorous canon or round, so contrived that the singers catch up each other's words. ²

The word "catch" uses 5 letters: A C C H T.

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Words formed by adding one letter before or after catch (in bold), or to accht in any order:
e -   cachet   r -   cratch   y -   catchy  

Shorter words found within catch:
act   ah   at   cat   chat   ha   hat   ta   tach  

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