Catch (v. t.) To lay hold on |
Catch (v. t.) To seize after pursuing |
Catch (v. t.) To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook |
Catch (v. t.) Hence: To insnare |
Catch (v. t.) To seize with the senses or the mind |
Catch (v. t.) To communicate to |
Catch (v. t.) To engage and attach |
Catch (v. t.) To get possession of |
Catch (v. t.) To take or receive |
Catch (v. t.) To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise |
Catch (v. t.) To reach in time |
Catch (v. i.) To attain possession. |
Catch (v. i.) To be held or impeded by entanglement or a light obstruction |
Catch (v. i.) To take hold |
Catch (v. i.) To spread by, or as by, infecting |
Catch (n.) Act of seizing |
Catch (n.) That by which anything is caught or temporarily fastened |
Catch (n.) The posture of seizing |
Catch (n.) That which is caught or taken |
Catch (n.) Something desirable to be caught, esp. a husband or wife in matrimony. |
Catch (n.) Passing opportunities seized |
Catch (n.) A slight remembrance |
Catch (n.) A humorous canon or round, so contrived that the singers catch up each other's words. |
Catch-basin (n.) A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matters which would not pass readily through the sewer. |
Catch-meadow (n.) A meadow irrigated by water from a spring or rivulet on the side of hill. |
Cony-catch (v. t.) To deceive |
Hilary term () Formerly, one of the four terms of the courts of common law in England, beginning on the eleventh of January and ending on the thirty-first of the same month, in each year |
Sea term () A term used specifically by seamen |
Term (n.) That which limits the extent of anything |
Term (n.) The time for which anything lasts |
Term (n.) In universities, schools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students |
Term (n.) A point, line, or superficies, that limits |
Term (n.) A fixed period of time |
Term (n.) The limitation of an estate |
Term (n.) A space of time granted to a debtor for discharging his obligation. |
Term (n.) The time in which a court is held or is open for the trial of causes. |
Term (n.) The subject or the predicate of a proposition |
Term (n.) A word or expression |
Term (n.) A quadrangular pillar, adorned on the top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr |
Term (n.) A member of a compound quantity |
Term (n.) The menses. |
Term (n.) Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties |
Term (n.) In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents. |
Term (n.) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail. |
Term (n.) To apply a term to |
apprehension arrest catch collar pinch taking into custody | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal), the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar |
catch grab snatch snap | the act of catching an object with the hands, Mays made the catch with his back to the plate, he made a grab for the ball before it landed, Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away, the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion |
fair catch | (American football) a catch of a punt on the fly by a defensive player who has signalled that he will not run and so should not be tackled |
shoestring catch | (baseball) a running catch made near the ground |
catch | a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth, he played catch with his son in the backyard |
catch | a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window |
catch stop | a restraint that checks the motion of something, he used a book as a stop to hold the door open |
safety catch safety lock | guard consisting of a locking device that prevents a weapon from being fired |
terminus terminal figure term | (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar, originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome |
catch gimmick | a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident, it sounds good but what's the catch? |
short-term memory STM immediate memory | what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it |
long-term memory LTM | your general store of remembered information |
term | any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial, the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree |
degree of a term | the sum of the exponents of the variables in the term |
term | a word or expression used for some particular thing, he learned many medical terms |
term paper | a composition intended to indicate a student's progress during a school term |
term | one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition, the major term of a syllogism must occur twice |
major term | the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion |
minor term | the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion |
middle term | the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion |
condition term | (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement, the contract set out the conditions of the lease, the terms of the treaty were generous |
catch | a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion) |
glottal stop glottal plosive glottal catch | a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis, as in the sudden onset of a vowel |
catchphrase catch phrase | a phrase that has become a catchword |
slang slang expression slang term | informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions, often vituperative or vulgar, their speech was full of slang expressions |
contradiction contradiction in terms | (logic) a statement that is necessarily false, the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction |
catch | anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching), he shared his catch with the others |
catch match | a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect |
term infant | infant born at a gestational age between and completed weeks |
catch crop | a crop that grows quickly (e.g. lettuce) and can be planted between two regular crops grown in successive seasons or between two rows of crops in the same season |
price terms damage | the amount of money needed to purchase something, the price of gasoline, he got his new car on excellent terms, how much is the damage? |
term insurance | lowost insurance that is valid only for a stated period of time and has no cash surrender value or loan value, term insurance is most often associated with life insurance policies |
catch haul | the quantity that was caught, the catch was onlyfish |
footing terms | status with respect to the relations between people or groups, on good terms with her in-laws, on a friendly footing |
half-term | a short vacation about halfway through a school term, he came to visit at half-term |
term | a limited period of time, a prison term, he left school before the end of term |
prison term sentence time | the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned, he served a prison term of months, his sentence was toyears, he is doing time in the county jail |
school term academic term academic session session | the time during which a school holds classes, they had to shorten the school term |
term full term | the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent, a healthy baby born at full term |
presidency presidential term administration | the tenure of a president, things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration |
vice-presidency vice-presidential term | the tenure of a vice president |
lease term of a contract | the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect |
tenure term of office incumbency | the term during which some position is held |
enlistment hitch term of enlistment tour of duty duty tour tour | a period of time spent in military service |
sleep kip slumber log Z's catch some Z's | be asleep |
nap catnap catch a wink | take a siesta, She naps everyday after lunch for an hour |
carry to term | carry out a pregnancy, She decided to carry the child to term, even though the foetus was shown to be defective |
catch | contract, did you catch a cold? |
catch cold | come down with a cold |
catch d | delay or hold up, prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned, I was caught in traffic and missed the meeting |