English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of catch

catch

/noun/ पकड़; शिकार; चाल; पकड़ने की क्रिया; धोखा; अर्गला;
/verb/पकड़ना; लगना; बंदी करना; सुनना; ग्रहण करना; रोकना; कुचक्र;

Synonym hold; victim; move; prehension; cheat; door; seize; embark; hear; outshine; Fend; Intrigue;

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English Dictionary:

1. Catch

[n.]

- Act of seizing; a grasp.
- That by which anything is caught or temporarily fastened; as, the catch of a gate.
- The posture of seizing; a state of preparation to lay hold of, or of watching he opportunity to seize; as, to lie on the catch.
- That which is caught or taken; profit; gain; especially, the whole quantity caught or taken at one time; as, a good catch of fish.
- Something desirable to be caught, esp. a husband or wife in matrimony.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- A humorous canon or round, so contrived that the singers catch up each other's words.

2. Catch

[v. i.]

- To attain possession.
- To be held or impeded by entanglement or a light obstruction; as, a kite catches in a tree; a door catches so as not to open.
- To take hold; as, the bolt does not catch.
- To spread by, or as by, infecting; to communicate.

3. Catch

[v. t.]

- 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.
- To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief.
- To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish.
- Hence: To insnare; to entangle.
- To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody.
- To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the adjoining building.
- To engage and attach; to please; to charm.
- To get possession of; to attain.
- 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.
- To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing.
- To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train.