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 |
Country
(adv.) A tract of land |
Country
(adv.) Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town. |
Country
(adv.) The inhabitants or people of a state or a region |
Country
(adv.) A jury, as representing the citizens of a country. |
Country
(adv.) The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn. |
Country
(adv.) The rock through which a vein runs. |
Country
(a.) Pertaining to the regions remote from a city |
Country
(a.) Destitute of refinement |
Country
(a.) Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country. |
Country-base
(n.) Same as Prison base. |
Country-dance
(n.) See Contradance. |
Country seat
() A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city. |
Development
(n.) The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown |
Development
(n.) The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization. |
Development
(n.) The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning. |
Development
(n.) The equivalent expression into which another has been developed. |
Development
(n.) The elaboration of a theme or subject |
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 |
| development | act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining, he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency, they funded research and development |
| product development | improving an existing product or developing new kinds of products |
| catch | a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth, he played catch with his son in the backyard |
country-dance
country dancing
contredanse
contra danse
contradance | a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line |
| Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | the position of the head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the position of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development was created in |
exploitation
development | the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful, the development of Alaskan resources, the exploitation of copper deposits |
| land development | making an area of land more useful |
water development
water project
water program | making an area of water more useful |
| 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 |
| country house | a house (usually large and impressive) on an estate in the country |
country store
general store
trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
| ribbon development | building complex in a continuous row along a road |
safety catch
safety lock | guard consisting of a locking device that prevents a weapon from being fired |
catch
gimmick | a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident, it sounds good but what's the catch? |
country music
country and western
C and W | a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States, usually played on stringed instruments |
| catch | a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion) |
| development | (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated |
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 |
| development | a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation, recent developments in Iraq, what a revolting development! |
| cross country | a long race run over open country |
country people
countryfolk | people raised in or living in a rural environment, rustics |
| country people countryfolk | people living in the same country, compatriots |
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Housing and Urban Development
HUD | the United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal, created in |
| nation land country | the people who live in a nation or country, a statement that sums up the nation's mood, the news was announced to the nation, the whole country worshipped him |
| commonwealth country | any of the countries in the British Commonwealth |
| developing country | a country that is poor and whose citizens are mostly agricultural workers but that wants to become more advanced socially and economically |
| foreign country | any state of which one is not a citizen, working in a foreign country takes a bit of getting used to |
state
nation
country
land
commonwealth
res publica
body politic | a politically organized body of people under a single government, the state has elected a new president, African nations, students who had come to the nation's capitol, the country's largest manufacturer, an industrialized land |
| country club | a suburban club for recreation and socializing |
| Social Development Commission | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with social development |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
World Bank
IBRD | a United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments |
International Development Association
IDA | an agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank |
Advanced Research and Development Activity
ARDA | an agency of the Intelligence Community that conducts advanced research and development related to information technology |
| area country | a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography), it was a mountainous area, Bible country |
| high country | an area lying above the piedmont but below the timberline |
backwoods
back country
boondocks
hinterland | a remote and undeveloped area |
fatherland
homeland
motherland
mother country
country of origin
native land | the country where you were born |
buffer state
buffer country | a small neutral state between two rival powers |
country
state
land | the territory occupied by a nation, he returned to the land of his birth, he visited several European countries |
| development | a district that has been developed to serve some purpose, such land is practical for small park developments |
| housing development | a residential area of similar dwellings built by property developers and usually under a single management, they live in the new housing development |
| old country | the country of origin of an immigrant |
| country rural area | an area outside of cities and towns, his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country |
European country
European nation | any one of the countries occupying the European continent |