Appendix:Dictionary notes/catch
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Verb[edit]
| gloss | W1913 [1] | WN [2] | DCE [3] | CC [4] | OED [5] | RHU [6] | AH4 [7] | MW3 [8] | MQ4 [9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| seize object in motion | 1 | 4 | 1a | 1 | 24 | 3 | 4b | 2c | 6 |
| seize after pursuing | 2 | 5 | 2a, 2b | 2 | (included in 24) | 1 | 1 | 1a | 1 |
| capture, snare (animal, etc.) | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1b | |
| trip up, deceive | 4 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 1c | 2 |
| apprehend, grasp with the mind | 5 (mind) | 2 (senses), 18 (mind) | 12 (mind) | 35a | 18 (mind) | 12a (mind) | 9a, 11(II)(slang) | 17 | |
| spread or be conveyed to (fire catches) | 6 | 20, 26(fad) | 22b | 17 (ignite) | 13(obsolete), 14a(fire), 14b | 26 (fire) | 4(II) (ignite) | 2f (fire), 1(II) (fire) | 20 |
| charm, allure | 7 | 23 | 14 | 37 | 17 | 14 | 16 | ||
| get possession of | 8, 1(II) | 6a, 6b(?) | 6a | ||||||
| be infected by/with | 9 | 12 (fire/mood), 19 (illness) | 4 (illness), 22a (fire) | 8 | 33 (illness), 34 (mood) | 5 (illness), 14 (mood) | 9 (illness), 10a (mood) | 3a (illness), 3b (mood), 6a (fire) | 10 |
| discover (someone doing something) | 10 | 1 | 3 | 9a | 4 | 3a, 3b | 1d | 4 | |
| reach in time | 11 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7b | 6 | 5b | 6c, 6d(?) | 3a |
| be held or impeded (foot catches) | 2(II) | 6 | 10 | 18 | 22 | 1(II) | 3a(II) | 18 | |
| take hold; latch | 3(II) | 10 | 28 (snag) | 8 (take hold), 15, 24(intransitive) | 6a (snag) | 4(II) | 12 (snag), 13, 19(intransitive) | ||
| spread by infection | 4(II) | 3(II) | |||||||
| hit someone somewhere | 3 | 25 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2b (emotionally), 3c | 5 | |
| regain (catch breath) | 10 | 20 | 16b | ||||||
| catch up with, overtake | 11 | (included in 6) | 7a, 8 | 23 | 5a | 1g (unprepared), 6b | |||
| stop, interrupt | 13 (oneself) | 16 ("hold back") | 26 (breath only), 27 | 11 | 8 (oneself) | 1e (oneself), 3b(II) (breath only) | 9 | ||
| overhear | 14 | 13 | 19 | 11a (incl. seeing) | |||||
| watch or listen to (a show) | 15 | 15 | 7 | 35b | 12 | 11b, 16a (informal) | 12 | 15 | |
| cause to be impeded (catch one's foot) | 16 | 17 | 9 | 6b | 2g | 12 | |||
| hear correctly (catch someone's name) | 21 | 12 (neg. only) | 13 | (included in 19) | |||||
| suffer (catch Hell)[10] | 22 | 30 | 10b | 3d | |||||
| attract and hold (catch someone's eye) | (included in 7) | 7 | 1b, 11 | 11 | 37b | 10 | 13 | 7 | 14 |
| reproduce/describe faithfully | 24 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 20 | 12b | 9b | ||
| take in and retain (catch water) | 25 | 28 | (included in 3) | 4a | |||||
| play baseball as the catcher | 27 | 32b | 24e | 25 | 5(II) | 10b, 10(II) | |||
| notice | (included in 10?) | 28 | 1h | ||||||
| delay (passive) (caught in traffic) | (included in 2(II)?) | 29 | 6c | ||||||
| shine on (light catches) | 29 | 8b ("make contact") | |||||||
| be or be blown on (wind catches) | 31 | 31b | 5(II) | ||||||
| end a player's innings in cricket | 32a | 18 | 24c | 10a | 8 | ||||
| chase | 1 | ||||||||
| run | 2 | ||||||||
| become pregnant | 9b (passive) | 8(II)("domestic mammal") | |||||||
| grasp (at) | 19 | 22, 23, 12a("seize") | 7 (seize) | 4a (seize), 2(II) | 2, 2a(seize), 2(II) | ||||
| make good contact with water when rowing | 12b | ||||||||
| germinate and establish | 12c | 27 | 9(II) | ||||||
| begin | 15 | ||||||||
| attach | 16a,16b | ||||||||
| snatch (away) | 21 | ||||||||
| seize an opportunity | 25 | 2d | |||||||
| acquire | 29 (obsolete), 38 | 2e | |||||||
| assist in birthing | 21 (southern US) | ||||||||
| marry | 1f | ||||||||
| get briefly | 5 | ||||||||
| handle suitably | 11 | ||||||||
| turn over (engine catches) | 6b(II) | ||||||||
| freeze over | 7(II) (dialectal) | ||||||||
| scorch and stick to the pan | 12(II) | ||||||||
| take, board | 3b | ||||||||
| to surf a wave in a certain fashion | 7 | ||||||||
| fare in catching | 21 |
Noun[edit]
| gloss | W1913 [1] | WN [2] | DCE [3] | CC [4] | OED [5] | RHU [6] | AH4 [7] | MW3 [8] | MQ4 [9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| act of seizing/catching | 1 | 9 | 21 | 1a | 28 | 1 | 2 | 22 | |
| that by which sth. is fastened or stopped | 2 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 29 | 2 | 23 | |
| posture of readiness to seize | 3 (archaic) | 1b | |||||||
| that which is caught | 4 | 4 | 23 | 11a | 32 | 3a | 1 | 24 | |
| something desirable to be caught | 5 (colloquial) | 33 | 3b | 4 | 25 | ||||
| (plural) passing opportunities | 6 | ||||||||
| trace, remembrance | 7 | ||||||||
| type of canon or round | 8 | 29 | 14 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 27 | ||
| hidden drawback | 1 | 2 (informal) | 27a, 27b(noun adjunct) | 7b | 30 | 8 | 7 | 30 | |
| break in voice | 5 | 6 | 1e (glottal) | 31 | 6 | 2b, 9 ("glottal stop") | |||
| restraint | 6 | ||||||||
| ball game | 8 | 5 | 34 | 4b | 2d | ||||
| act of arresting a criminal | 10 | ||||||||
| act of catching a ball | 1 | 1c? | 37 | 4a | 2c | ||||
| quantity caught | (included in 4; includes "profit") | 2 | 4 (fish only) | 24 | 2b (fish only) | (included in 32) | 5 | (included in 1) | (included in 24) |
| marriage partner/prospect | (included in 5) | 3 | 7 | 25 (informal) | 11b (colloquial) | (included in 33) | (included in 4) | 26 (colloquial) | |
| catching a cricket ball before it reaches the ground | 28 | 3 | 28a | ||||||
| gripping water with oar | 1d | 38 | 2e | 29 | |||||
| catching fish | 2a | 2a | |||||||
| harvest / crop | 2c | 39 (establishment of crop) | 8 (germination and establishment) | ||||||
| cricket player who catches well | 3b | ||||||||
| trick question | 7a (obsolete) | ||||||||
| artifice to catch attention | 8 | ||||||||
| view | 9 (obsolete) | ||||||||
| last sheep shorn | 11c (Australia/NZ) | 31 | |||||||
| key point | 12 (obsolete) | ||||||||
| fragment | 13 (obsolete) | 35 | 9 | 6 | |||||
| break in operation | 7 | ||||||||
| wicket gained by a catch | 28b |
Notes[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.sh?WORD=catch
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=catch
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 From print edition.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Collins Concise, 5th ed.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50034499 (subscription) Those senses not attested after 1500 are ignored here.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/catch
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 http://www.bartleby.com/61/73/C0157300.html
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/unabridged?va=catch (subscription)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 http://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/ (subscription)
- ^ Given in some dictionaries only as "catch it."