Definitions For Catch

noun

  • The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
  • The act of catching an object with the hands
  • A cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
  • A fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
  • A restraint that checks the motion of something
  • A drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
  • A break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
  • Anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
  • A person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
  • The quantity that was caught
  • A hidden problem that makes something more complicated or difficult to do
  • The act of stopping a moving object (such as a ball) and holding it in your hands : the act of catching something
  • A game in which two or more people throw and catch a ball

verb

  • Contract
  • Delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
  • Be struck or affected by
  • Grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
  • Detect a blunder or misstep
  • Discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
  • Become aware of
  • Be the catcher
  • Catch up with and possibly overtake
  • Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
  • To hook or entangle
  • Cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
  • Spread or be communicated
  • Reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
  • Take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
  • Capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
  • Take in and retain
  • Attract and fix
  • Apprehend and reproduce accurately
  • Attract; cause to be enamored
  • Reach in time
  • Suffer from the receipt of
  • Perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
  • See or watch
  • Hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
  • Perceive by hearing
  • Get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
  • Check oneself during an action
  • Start burning
  • To use your hands to stop and hold (an object that is moving through the air)
  • To use your hands to grasp and hold onto (someone or something)
  • To capture and not allow (a person, animal, or fish) to escape

Is Catch a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
13

The word Catch is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Catch in a Sentence

  • Catch the ball and throw it to first base.
  • She caught the ball with one hand.
  • I dropped the book but managed to catch it before it hit the ground.
  • The shortstop made a tough catch.
  • She used to play catch with her dad.
  • Let's play a game of catch.

Synonyms for Catch

Antonyms for Catch

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