To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).transitive
To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.transitive
To marry or enter into a similar relationship with.dated, figuratively, transitive
To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.transitive
To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.transitive
To discover and observe (someone or something while it takes some action or exists) (sometimes, but not always, with implications of 'unpleasantly' or 'unexpectedly').transitive
To record, for example on film or tape.transitive
To travel by means of.transitive
To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)rare, transitive
To seize hold of.
To grab, seize, take hold of.dated, transitive
To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.transitive
To grip or entangle.transitive
To be held back or impeded.intransitive
To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.intransitive
To have something be held back or impeded.transitive
To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).intransitive
To spread or be conveyed to.transitive
To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.transitive
To germinate and set down roots.intransitive
To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.transitive
To handle an exception.transitive
To intercept.
To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).transitive
To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.transitive
To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.intransitive, transitive
To receive (by being in the way).
To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).transitive
To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.transitive
To become infected by (an illness).informal, transitive
To spread by infection or similar means.intransitive
To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).intransitive, transitive
To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or influence.transitive
To be hit by something.transitive
To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.intransitive
To get pregnant.intransitive
To take in with one's senses or intellect.
To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.transitive
To notice, to detect.transitive
To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).informal, transitive
To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.transitive
To seize attention, interest.
To charm or entrance.transitive
To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).transitive