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. |
Cold
(n.) Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature |
Cold
(n.) Lacking the sensation of warmth |
Cold
(n.) Not pungent or acrid. |
Cold
(n.) Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion |
Cold
(n.) Unwelcome |
Cold
(n.) Wanting in power to excite |
Cold
(n.) Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly |
Cold
(n.) Not sensitive |
Cold
(n.) Distant |
Cold
(n.) Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8. |
Cold
(n.) The relative absence of heat or warmth. |
Cold
(n.) The sensation produced by the escape of heat |
Cold
(n.) A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness |
Cold
(v. i.) To become cold. |
Cold-blooded
(a.) Having cold blood |
Cold-blooded
(a.) Deficient in sensibility or feeling |
Cold-blooded
(a.) Not thoroughbred |
Cold-hearted
(a.) Wanting passion or feeling |
Cold-short
(a.) Brittle when cold |
Cold-shut
(a.) Closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded |
Cold-shut
(n.) An imperfection caused by such insufficient welding. |
Cony-catch
(v. t.) To deceive |
Key-cold
(a.) Cold as a metallic key |
Stone-cold
(a.) Cold as a stone. |
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 |
| cold turkey | complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent, he quit smoking cold turkey, she quit her job cold turkey |
| catch | a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth, he played catch with his son in the backyard |
| cold storage | refrigerated storage for preservation |
snub
cut cold shoulder | a refusal to recognize someone you know, the snub was clearly intentional |
| 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 |
| cold cathode | a cathode that is a source of electrons without being heated |
cold chisel
set chisel | narrow chisel made of steel, used to cut stone or bricks |
cold cream
coldcream
face cream
vanishing cream | a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin |
| cold frame | protective covering consisting of a wooden frame with a glass top in which small plants are protected from the cold |
| cold medicine | medicine intended to relieve the symptoms of the common cold |
| cold-water flat | an apartment without modern conveniences |
safety catch
safety lock | guard consisting of a locking device that prevents a weapon from being fired |
coldness
cold
low temperature
frigidity frigidness | the absence of heat, the coldness made our breath visible, come in out of the cold, cold is a vasoconstrictor |
catch
gimmick | a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident, it sounds good but what's the catch? |
cold
coldness | the sensation produced by low temperatures, he shivered from the cold, the cold helped clear his head |
| cold water | disparagement of a plan or hope or expectation, she poured cold water on the whole idea of going to Africa |
| 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 |
| cold turkey | a blunt expression of views, I told him cold turkey |
catchphrase
catch phrase | a phrase that has become a catchword |
| cold comfort | very limited consolation or empathy, he told me that time heals all wounds but that was cold comfort to me |
| cold feet | timidity that prevents the continuation of a course of action, I was going to tell him but I got cold feet |
| cold cuts | sliced assorted cold meats |
cold cereal
dry cereal | a cereal that is not heated before serving |
| stuffed tomato cold stuffed tomato | tomato cases filled with various salad mixtures and served cold |
| cold duck | pink sparkling wine originally from Germany |
| 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 |
| cold fish | an aloof unemotional person |
| cold wave | a wave of unusually cold weather |
| cold weather | a period of unusually cold weather |
cold front
polar front | the front of an advancing mass of colder air |
| 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 |
ready cash
cold cash
ready money | money in the form of cash that is readily available, his wife was always a good source of ready cash, he paid cold cash for the TV set |
| cold fusion | nuclear fusion at or near room temperatures, claims to have discovered it are generally considered to have been mistaken |
catch
haul | the quantity that was caught, the catch was onlyfish |
| cold war | a state of political hostility between countries using means short of armed warfare |
| Cold War | a state of political hostility that existed from untilbetween countries led by the Soviet Union and countries led by the United States |
| cold storage | in a state of abeyance or postponement |
oral herpes
herpes labialis
cold sore
fever blister | caused by herpes simplex virus type (HSV-) |
cold
common cold | a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs), will they never find a cure for the common cold? |
| head cold | a common cold affecting the nasal passages and resulting in congestion and sneezing and headache |
dry gangrene
cold gangrene
mumification necrosis
mummification | (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color |
| cold sweat | the physical condition of concurrent perspiration and chill, associated with fear |
| cold rubber | a rubber made at low temperatures ( degrees Centigrade) which is tougher than conventional rubber and is often used in car tires |