Antonyms for catch

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : kach

Phonetic Transcription : kætʃ

Definition of catch

Origin : c.1200, "to take, capture," from Anglo-French or Old North French cachier "catch, capture" (animals) (Old French chacier "hunt, pursue, drive (animals)," Modern French chasser "to hunt;" making it a doublet of chase (v.)), from Vulgar Latin *captiare "try to seize, chase" (also source of Spanish cazar, Italian cacciare), from Latin captare "to take, hold," frequentative of Latin capere "to take, hold" (see capable).
Senses in early Middle English also included "chase, hunt," which later went with chase (v.). Of infections from 1540s; of fire from 1734; of sleep, etc., from early 14c. Related: Catched (obsolete); catching; caught.
Meaning "act as a catcher in baseball" recorded from 1865. To catch on "apprehend" is 1884, American English colloquial. To catch (someone's) eye is first attested 1813, in Jane Austen. Catch as catch can first attested late 14c.

noun fastener
noun trick, hidden disadvantage
verb ensnare, apprehend
verb find out, discover
verb contract an illness
verb come from behind and grab
verb hear and understand

Example sentences :

The first thing I am going to do is to catch some fish, if you'll lend me your boat.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

She said all was cold in the church, and nothing to catch hold on there.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

But every evening, towards bedtime, she came into the garden to catch Mimi.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

Of the Infinite the finite mind can only catch a finite glimpse.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

I catch a glimpse of the grandness of your sister's meaning.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

I do not admit it even at that, just as I do not admit that if the sky fell we should all catch larks.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw

"You must have crooked ways to catch crooks, believe me," he said cheerfully.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Lifting myself to catch the upper scent, I winded a man that was not of Ty-uonyi.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

And Otto ran away barely in time to catch the groom, who was going for the hay.
Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri

When it is full, we pour the water in it, and catch the lye as it drips out.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

Synonyms for catch

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