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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Catch \Catch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caughtor Catched; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Catching. Catched is rarely used.] [OE. cacchen,
     OF. cachier, dialectic form of chacier to hunt, F. chasser,
     fr. (assumend) LL. captiare, for L. capture, V. intens. of
     capere to take, catch. See Capacious, and cf. Chase,
     Case a box.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief.
        ``They pursued . . . and caught him.'' --Judg. i. 6.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as,
        to catch a bird or fish.
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     4. Hence: To insnare; to entangle. ``To catch him in his
        words''. --Mark xii. 13.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to
        catch a melody. ``Fiery thoughts . . . whereof I catch the
        issue.'' --Tennyson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the
        adjoining building.
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     7. To engage and attach; to please; to charm.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The soothing arts that catch the fair. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     8. To get possession of; to attain.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Torment myself to catch the English throne. --Shak.
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     9. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     10. To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to
         catch one in the act of stealing.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     11. To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     To catch fire, to become inflamed or ignited.
  
     to catch it to get a scolding or beating; to suffer
        punishment. [Colloq.]
  
     To catch one's eye, to interrupt captiously while speaking.
        [Colloq.] ``You catch me up so very short.'' --Dickens.
  
     To catch up, to snatch; to take up suddenly.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Catching \Catch"ing\ a.
     1. Infectious; contagious.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Captivating; alluring.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Catching \Catch"ing\, n.
     The act of seizing or taking hold of.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Catching bargain (Law), a bargain made with an heir
        expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an
        inadequate price. --Bouvier.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Catch \Catch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caughtor Catched; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Catching. Catched is rarely used.] [OE. cacchen,
     OF. cachier, dialectic form of chacier to hunt, F. chasser,
     fr. (assumend) LL. captiare, for L. capture, V. intens. of
     capere to take, catch. See Capacious, and cf. Chase,
     Case a box.]
     1. 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. To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief.
        ``They pursued . . . and caught him.'' --Judg. i. 6.
  
     3. To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as,
        to catch a bird or fish.
  
     4. Hence: To insnare; to entangle. ``To catch him in his
        words''. --Mark xii. 13.
  
     5. To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to
        catch a melody. ``Fiery thoughts . . . whereof I catch the
        issue.'' --Tennyson.
  
     6. To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the
        adjoining building.
  
     7. To engage and attach; to please; to charm.
  
              The soothing arts that catch the fair. --Dryden.
  
     8. To get possession of; to attain.
  
              Torment myself to catch the English throne. --Shak.
  
     9. 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.
  
     10. To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to
         catch one in the act of stealing.
  
     11. To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train.
  
     To catch fire, to become inflamed or ignited.
  
     to catch it to get a scolding or beating; to suffer
        punishment. [Colloq.]
  
     To catch one's eye, to interrupt captiously while speaking.
        [Colloq.] ``You catch me up so very short.'' --Dickens.
  
     To catch up, to snatch; to take up suddenly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Catching \Catch"ing\ a.
     1. Infectious; contagious.
  
     2. Captivating; alluring.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Catching \Catch"ing\, n.
     The act of seizing or taking hold of.
  
     Catching bargain (Law), a bargain made with an heir
        expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an
        inadequate price. --Bouvier.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  catching
       adj : (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection [syn:
              communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible,
              transmittable]
       n 1: (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball
            team
       2: the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
          [syn: detection, espial, spying, spotting]
       3: becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable";
          "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially
          catastrophic" [syn: contracting]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  catching
     a.
     1 (lb en informal) infectious, contagious.
     2 captivating; alluring; catchy.
     n.
     The action of the verb catch.
     vb.
     (present participle of en catch nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  catching
     a.
     1 (lb en informal) infectious, contagious.
     2 captivating; alluring; catchy.
     n.
     The action of the verb catch.
     vb.
     (present participle of en catch nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  catching
     a.
     1 (lb en informal) infectious, contagious.
     2 captivating; alluring; catchy.
     n.
     The action of the verb catch.
     vb.
     (present participle of en catch nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  catching
     a.
     1 (lb en informal) infectious, contagious.
     2 captivating; alluring; catchy.
     n.
     The action of the verb catch.
     vb.
     (present participle of en catch nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  catching
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm c atch ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  catching
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en catch ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb catch)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Catching /kˈatʃɪŋ/
  المسك

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  catching //ˈkæt͡ʃɪŋ// //ˈkɛt͡ʃɪŋ// 
  1. привлекателен
  captivating; alluring
  2. заразителен
  informal: contagious

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  catching /kˈatʃɪŋ/ 
  chytání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  catching /kˈatʃɪŋ/ 
  nakažlivý